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Grallce. 
From 6 to 8 feet high, 2 toes; and the exte- Eggs neai'ly 31bs. 
rior,onehalfshorterthan weight, 
the other, without a nail. Africa. 
b. Rhea, Lath. 
From 3 to 4 feet high. 3 toes, all with nails. America. 
2.Casuarius, Srm. Ca- 
soARs. Cassowaries. 
Wings shorter, and 3 toes, all with nails j 
useless in their course, the barbs of their fea- 
thers resembling ^ors^- 
hair. 
Beak compressed la- Head surmounted with Nail of the inner toe 
terally. a bony prominence co- much the largest. 
vered with a horny sub- Indian Archipelago, 
stance. 
b. 
Beak depressed. No casque. (1) Nails equal. • 
FAMILY II. PRESSIROSTRES. 
GENERA AND SUB-GENERA. 
1 . Otis, Lin. Bustards. 
Beak moderate, the su- Verysmall webshe- Tarsi reticulated, 
perior mandible slightly tween the bases of the wings short, feet and 
arched and vaulted. Fig. toes. neck longj fly but lit- 
193. Otis tarda. tie. 
2. Charadrius, Linn. 
Plovers. 
Beak moderate, com- No great toe. 
pressed, enlarged at the 
end. Fig. 223. 
(1) The Genus Didus (Dado) of Latham, comprehends the D. Ineptus, a species 
which has disappeared, hut a head of which, much injured during a lapse of 150 
years, is preserved in the Ashmolean Museum, at Oxford (Fig. 188}, and a foot in 
. the British Museum (Fig. 188) ; the Z). Solitarius, which rests on the single tes- 
timony of Leguat, who has disfigured even the Lamantin, Hippopotamus and other 
well-known animals ; the D. Nazarenus, seen by Cauche only, who, stating that it 
has 3 toes, considers it to be the same as the D. IneptuSi which has 4. 
