( 82 ) 
Palmipedes. 
•f. Anskr paopKR. 
Beak as long as the 
head ; the ends of the 
plates at the edges ha- 
ving the appearance of 
pointed teeth. 
i?. Barnacles. Glakis. 
BuAJfD-GEESE. 
Beak shorter, slight- 
er ; the ends of the 
plates not visible at 
the edges. (1) 
c. Anas proper. Ducks. 
Beak not so deep as Nostrils nearer the back Legs shorter, place 
broad at its base, and as and base of the beak. more backwards, 
broad (or broader) at 
the extremity as towards 
the head. 
^ Great toe bordered by a membrane. 
«t. Macreuses. Scoters. 
Beak broad and 
swelled. Fig. 248. 
^. Garrots. 
Beak shorter and 
narrower before. Fig. 
250. 
y. Eiders. 
Beak narrower be- 
fore, but longer than 
in the Garrots and as- 
cending higher on the 
forehead, forming an 
angle with the fea- 
thers. Fig. 256. 
(T. MiLLOUINS. 
Beak broad and flat. . 
Fig. 239. 
55 Great toe not bordered, 
t. Shovelkrs. 
Upper mandible 
bent into a demi-cy- 
linder, enlarged at the 
end ; the plates so long 
and thin as to resem- 
ble hairs. Fig. 254. 
(1) The A. Erythropus, Gm., celebrated by the fable of its growing on the trees 
like a fruit (See Grey's notes on HudI bras') ^ visits us in winter. 
Tracheae terminate in 
enlargements, forming a 
capsule, partly membra- 
nous, to the left, supported 
by bony ramifications. 
