Genus— 0 RTHORHAMPHUS. 
Orthorhamphus Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., 
Vol. V., p. 312, 1874 Type O. tmgnirostris. 
Burhinine birds with very long, stout biUs, short wings, short tail, and stout 
long legs. The biU is massive, longer than the head, with tip slightly decurved ; 
the nasal depression is about half the length of the culmen with the long 
linear nostrils anteriorly placed ; the length of the culmen almost approaches 
that of the metatarsus. 
The wir^ is short with the first three primaries longest and subequal. 
The tail is rounded and short, being less than half the length of the wing. 
The legs are long and stout ; the metatarsus is reticulate throughout and is 
only about one-third the length of the wing. No hind toe. 
This genus has been lumped with Esamis, but the drawings here 
represented show the great differences seen in the 
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