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The genus Syrrhaptes of lUiger resembles the 

 gallinaceous type, as Cuvier has asserted. The 

 tarsi are short and are covered with feathers, as 

 are also the toes, which are only three in number, 

 short, and united at their base : the wings are long 

 and pointed. Only one species is known, the 

 CTetrao paradoxus of Latham. 



Another genus of uncertain situation, the Tocro, 

 Odontophorus Guianensis, (Perdix dentatus of La- 

 tham) is omitted in the above account of the 

 Gallinacese. It greatly resembles the birds of the 

 genus Ortyx, but differs in many respects from 

 them : it possesses the following characters : beak 

 smooth at the base y above convex ; the sides 

 greatly compressed ; the under mandible towards 

 the tip bidentate: the orbits and lores naked: 

 the tail short, bent down, consisting of twelve 

 feathers. 



