RALLIDjE. 
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head- the cultnen arched. Nostrils large basal, 
covered by a membrane, naked j the apertoe ter- 
minal and oval. Feet very large. Toes without any 
S membrane. Claws large, slightly curved. 
Subtypical. (•^3- 310.) , -vpii, 75. f. 2. 
^ ■ albus. White’s Voy. pi. 27. 
11 . p. 700. 
.omcA,Linn. Coot, {fig.sn.) 2 
more slender : the base straight : the gonys short and 
angulated. Feet very large. The toes margined with 
Family RALLTDj®* 
Feet very large. Bill in general short, and greatly com- 
pressed tIi excessively short, nearly hidden by the 
covers. Hinder toe elevated. 
Pabra, Linn. Jamana, or Spur-wing. (fig. 309.) BiU 
straight, slender, mo- 
derate. Feet very long. 
Toes and claws of 
enormous length; the 
latter straight or re- 
curved. Carpus gene- 
rally armed with acute spurs. Typical. 
P. Africana. Zool. 111. ii. pi. 6. 
PoBPHYBio, Briss. Sultana. Bill short, strong, high ; 
the base dilated into a flat plate on the front of the 
• The GalHmla Martinica of iJilham, but a true Porpht/rio. 
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