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Gallinacece. 
e. CoTURNix. Quails. ^ 
Less than the jP. Pro- No spurs ; band above Tail shorter, 
/tjer. Beak more slender , the eye whitish. Emigrate across the 
Fig. 184. Mediterranean. 
J'. CoLiNS. American 
Quails. 
Beak larger, shorter, 
more swelled. Fig. 183. 
8. Tridactyles, Lacep. 
' Hemipodius, Tern. 
Beak compressed , No great toe. Polygamous. 
swells a little under the In sandy countries. 
lower mandible. Anatomy not suffici- 
ently known to class 
them with certainty. 
TuRNix, Bonnat. On- 
TYGIS, //%. 
Toes separated to the Gait of quails, 
base, and without the 
small membranes. Fig. 
185. 
Tail more expanded. 
h, Syrbhaptes, llli§. 
Wings extremely long Tarsi and toes feather- Differ considerably 
and pointed. Fig. 186. ed, the former short, the fromthetypeofthe Ga^■ 
7'./;«^ofl?o:rM5. latter very short and Unacece. 
united in a part of their 
length. 
9. TiNAMUS, Lath. Cryp- 
TURTjs, Illig. Ynam- 
Rus, Azz. 
Beak long, slim, blunt Neck slender, elon- Scarcely any tail; 
at the end, with a small gated,coveredwithfea- wings short; the great 
furrow on each side; thers with fine barbs toe, reduced to a small 
the nostrils pierced in and frizzed at the ends, spur, cannot touch the 
the middle, and pene- ground, 
trating obliquely back- America, 
wards. Fig. 187. 
10. Columba, LinncBus. 
Pigeons. 
Beak of Gallinacece. No distinct mem- Tail with 12 pen- 
branes between the feathers, 
bases of the toes. 
