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PODOA. FINFOOT. 



Generic Character, 



Rostrum mediocre, crassius- 

 culum, subdeflexum, acu- 

 tum : mandibula superiore 

 sulco laterali. 



Nares concavae in sulco sitaa, 

 membrana tectae. 



Pedes breves, validi, tetra- 

 dactyli, digitis elongatis 

 lobatis. 



Cuuda cuneiforma. 



PODOA. Illig. 

 HELIORNIS. Vieil. 

 PLOTUS. Gmel., Lath. 



Beak mediocral, rather stout, 



slightly deflexed, pointed : 



the upper mandible with a 



lateral groove. 

 Nostrils concave, placed in 



the groove, and closed by 



a membrane. 

 Legs short, strong, four-toed, 



the toes elongated and 



lobed. 

 Tail wedge-shaped. 



singular genus of birds has the beak mo- 

 derately curved, pointed, and elongated : the nostrils 

 linear and concave, placed in a groove, and covered 

 by a membrane, the aperture oblong : the body de- 

 pressed : the tail somewhat wedge-shaped and rather 

 elongated : the legs short, stout, with four toes, three 

 of which are placed forwards and one backwards, and 

 all furnished with a scolloped membr^me : the claws 



