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Trochilus, vulgo Corrira Aldr. av. III. 288. Wil. orn. tab. LX. Ex. 
Inhabits Italy. 
Corrira of Brijfon VI. 542. Only one fpecies, and that probably 
never obferved fince the days of Aldrovandus , who is the only 
writer who feems to have feen it. 
Bill, thick, large, bending in the middle, forming a lharp angle, LXXXI. FLAM- 
the higher part of the upper mandible carinated ; the lower, 
comprefled. The edges of the upper mandible fharply denti- 
culated i of the lower, tranfverfely fulcated. 
Nostrils, covered above with a thin plate, pervious, linearly 
longitudinal. 
Tongue, cartilaginous, and pointed at the end ; the middle muf- 
cular, bafe glandular, on the upper part aculeated. 
Neck, very long. 
Legs and Thighs, of a great length. 
Feet, webbed ; the webs extend as far as the claws, but are 
deeply femilunated. 
Back Toe, very fmall. 
Flamingo, Catejby Carol. I. LXXI 1 I. Ex. 
Inhabits South America , Africa , and rarely the South of Europe, 
Phcenicopterus of Linnaeus. Only one fpecies. 
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