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Genus— B UR H I N U S . 
Burhinus TUiger, Prodromus Mamm. et Av., p. 260, 
1811 . . . . . . . . . . . . , . Type B. 'tnagnirostria. 
Also spelt Bitrrhinus Billberg, Synops. Faunae Seand., Vol. I,, pt. n., tab. a, 1828 (cf. Austral Av. Rec.. 
Vol. IL, p. 40, 1913). 
PlanorhajnpJius Billberg, Synops. Faunae Scand., 
Vol. I., pt. n., tab. a, 1828 {cf. Austral Av. 
Rec., Vol. II., p. 40, 1913) Type B. tmgnirostris, 
Burhinine birds with short bills, short wings, long tails, and long legs 
and feet. 
The bill is shorter than the head, thick, and strong ; nostrils pervious ; 
the nasal depression is less than half the length of the bill with the linear 
nostrils placed in its anterior portion ; the culmen is much less than half the 
length of the metatarsus. The wing is short with the second primary longest, 
the first equal to the third ; the wing is much less than three times the length 
of the metatarsus. 
The tail, consisting of twelve rectrices, is long and wedge-shaped, and 
more than half the length of the wing. The legs are long ; a long tibia is 
exposed ; the metatarsus is reticulate throughout, and is nearly half the 
length of the wing. There is no webbing between the toes, and there is no 
hind toe. 
The genus CEdicnemus differs in its smaller size and in the proportions of 
the wing, tail, and culmen. Thus the culmen is almost equal to half the 
metatarsal length ; the tail is about half the wing-length ; and the wing, with 
the first primary longest, is about three times the length of the metatarsus. 
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