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ORDER IIL ANSERES. : 
The beak i is rather blunts covered with a aa bean of 
“thing y its gibbous at the bafe, broad and nervous at the” 
- point, and the fides are denticulated, (or uneven like a ofa y 
‘The tongué is flefhy. 
‘The feet are webbed, for fwimming. 
Genus 27. ANAS. 
The bill is. ftrong, broad, flat (or deprefled), conver, 
-and blunt, the edges of the inandibles are marked with 
tharp lamella, (or teeth 1) and Bees furnithed at the 
end with a nail. | 
“The tongue is fringed, and blunts , any 
| The noflrils are {mall, and oval. | 
The toes are four in number; three ate placed befare, 
: | ene behind; and the middle toe is th ails 
. HERE are, many soeien of the pie : 
Genus; viz. Swans, feveral kinds of = 
Geefe, and Ducks, 
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