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Genus ECTOPISTES, — Swainson. 
The characters of this group, as given by Mr 
Swainson, who first separated the members belong- 
ing to it from the Turtles, are as follows : — Bill 
slender, the tip of the upper mandible emarginated. 
Wings sub- elongated and pointed, the first and third 
quills equal, the second the longest. Tail rounded 
or cuneated. Legs short, naked. The tarsi scaled 
as in genus Turtur. 
Our next Plate represents the well known 
