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3. ScANSORES, 
Gkimpeurs, 
Illiger. 
Cuvier. 
The external toe 
turned behind with 
the great toe. Fig. 20. 
4. GallinacejEj Lin. 
The upper jaw or The anterior toes 
mandible vaulted. Fig. united at their base 
22. The nostrils placed by a short membrane, 
in a large membranous dentated along the 
space from the base of edge. Fig. 23. 
the beak, and covered 
by a cartilaginous scale. 
Fig. 21. 
5. GRALL^jiiVz. EcHAS- 
SIEES, Cuv. 
24. 
Naked thighs. Fig. 
6. Palmipedes. 
The only birds whose 
neck exceeds the length 
of their legs. 
Palmated feet, for 
running, on short com- 
pressed tarsi, fixed in 
the hinder part of the 
body. Fig. 25. 
Plumage imbued 
with an oily juice; 
skin furnished with a 
thick down. 
Birds of Prey {Accipltres, Lin.) are distinguished or recog- 
nised by their crook'd beak and nails; powerful weapons, with 
which they pursue other Birds, and even the weaker Quadrupeds 
and Reptiles. They are the same, amongst Birds, as the Carni- 
vora amongst Quadrupeds. The muscles of their legs and thighs 
indicate the fore© of their talons ; their tarsi are rarely elongated. 
They all have four toes and the nails of the great and middle toes 
are the strongest. 
