STRUTHIONID^. 



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CENUS CCCIV.-TINAMUS, Latham. TINAMOU. 



Generic character: vide Steph, v. xu p. 401. 



1 obsoletus. Steph. v. xi. p. 413.— r^mw. PL Col. 196. 



'i. tataupa. Steph, v. xl p. 415.— Swain. Zooi. must. v. i.pl. 15, 



'i. nanus. Stepk. v. xi. p. 4\7.— Temm. PL CoL 316. 



FAMILY IV.-STRUTHIONID^. 



Rostrum rectum, mediocre, depressum aut lateratius compressum, 

 apice rotundato, ohiuso, vel acuto: caput majus minusve nudum 

 aut plumosum: alae hreves aut mediocres plerumque volatu 

 ineptce: pedes cursorii, didactyli vel tndactyli, rarius tetra^ 

 dactyli. 



Beak slight, moderate, depressed or laterally compressed, the 

 tip rounded, obtuse or acute; the head more or less naked, or 

 clothed with feathers: wings short or moderate, oftentimes 

 unfit for flight: legs formed for running, two or three-toed, 

 rarely with four toes. 



GENUS CCCV—RHEA, Brisson. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xi. p. 435. ^ 



GENUS CCCVL— STRUTHIO, Linne. OSTRICH. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xi. p. 423. 



GENUS CCCVIL-CASUARIUS, Brisson. CASSOWARY. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xi. p.43\. 



GENUS CCCVIIL— DROMICEIUS, Vieillot. EMU. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xi, p. 438. 



