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I. 
Passeres 
o> 
to 
0 
m 
tH 
1 
305 
o> 
be 
a 
vi 
'd 
<N 
2 
•- 1 3d finger. 
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Nitzsch. Meckel. Spur in 
II. 
Picariae 
Pici 
Cypseli 
1 
1 
1-2 
2 
2 
1 
1 
Merula. 
Claw on 1st in Cypselus. 
Anisodactyiae 
1 
2 
1 
Nitzsch. None in Chaetura. 
Nitzsch. Meckel. 
Heterodactylae 
1 
2 
1 
? 
Zygodactylae 
1 
2 
1 
Trochilus colubris. 
Coccyges 
1 
2 
1 
Nitzsch. 
III. 
Psittaci 
1 
2 
1 
Nitzsch. 
IV. 
Striges 
1 
2 
1 
Nitzsch. Meckel. 
Y. 
Accipitres 
2 
2 
1 
Claw on 1st; also on second in 
VI. 
Steganopodes 
1 
2 
1 
young Buteo? 
VII. 
Herodiones 
1 
2 
1 
Nitzsch. 
VIII. 
IX. 
Odontoglossae 
Palamedeae 
2 
3 
1 
V 
Claw on 1st finger. Two spurs . 
X. 
Anseres 
2 
3 
1 
Claw on 1st finger, and 2d in 
XL 
Columbae 
1 
2 
1 
young and some adults. Of- 
ten a spur. 
XII. 
XIII. 
Pterocletes 
Gallinae 
2 
2 
1 
? ' 
Claw on 1st finger. 
XIV. 
XY. 
XVI. 
Ophistocomi 
Heraipodii 
Fulicariae 
2 
2 
1 
? 
? 
Claw on 1st finger. 
XVII. 
Alectorides 
2 
3 
1 
Claw on 1st finger. Selenka. 
XVIII. 
Limicolae 
1 
o 
w 
2 
2 
1 
1 
V 
Claw on 1st, even in Chara- 
drius with one phalanx ( ?) 
Selenka. Spurs. 
Varies in species; often claw 
XIX. 
Gaviae 
1-2 
2 
1 
XX. 
XXI. 
Tubinares 
Pygoposes 
2 
3 
1 
on 1st- Nitzsch. 
? 
Claw on 1st and 2d in Uria 
XXII. 
Impennes 
1 
2 
1 
Morse. 
1st anchylosed with 2d. Mec- 
XXIII. 
Crypturi 
2 
3 
1 
kel. 
Claws? 
XXIV. 
Apteryges 
0 
3 
0 
Claw on 2d. 
XXV. 
Casuarii 
0 
3 
0 
Claw on 2d. 
XXVI. 
Strutliiones 
2 
3 
2 
Claw on 1st and 2d. Two 
Rhea 
2 
2 
1 
phalanges in 3d (Alix). 
So figured, but Nitzsch gives 
3 and claws. 
All with claws. (Vogt.) 
XXVII. 
Saururae 
2 
3 
3 
XXVIII. 
Odontotormae 
1 
2 
1 
Marsh. 2-3?-l probably if 
XXIX. 
Odontolcae 
0 
0 
0 
perfect. 
Marsh. 
PROCEEDINGS B. S. N. H. VOL. XXI. 
20 
MAY, 1882. 
