GRYPINiE. 
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Ta ■ S ^ on g es ^- Tail long, broad, rounded at the end, and composed of broad feathers. 
Riei Vei ^ S ^ 01 ^’ s ^ en ^ er ) ar ‘d partly plumose. Toes long and slender, with the lateral ones united at 
ar m ' cs P e c3ally the outer one, which is rather shorter than the inner ; the hind toe short, and 
Wlth a very short curved claw ; those of the fore toes long, slender, curved, and very acute. 
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Ri° J ail g^ Ca ^ s l iec ' es °f this genus is found in Brazil, especially on the mountain of Corcovado in the neighbourhood of 
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• navvus (Dumont), Diet. des Sci. Nat. xvii. p. 432., PI. col. 
rochdus squamosus Licht. ; Grypus ruficollis Spix, 
Av. Bras. t. 80. f. 3. ; Ramphodon maculatum Less. Col. t. I., Nat. 
Libr. xiy. pi. 1. 
December, 1848. 
