. The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of the genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera . e head and body continually in motion, andfrequently expanding the tail and wings at the same time. H. Fuliea (BocUl.) PI. enl. — Plotus surinamensis Gmel. ; Heliornis fulicarius Bonn. Podica Less.\ Bill like that of the last genus; but the Wings moderate, with the third, fourth, and fifth quills thelongest. Tail lengthened, rounded, and composed of long narrow feathers, with the shaft of each strongat the base. Tarsi shorter than
. The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of the genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera . e head and body continually in motion, andfrequently expanding the tail and wings at the same time. H. Fuliea (BocUl.) PI. enl. — Plotus surinamensis Gmel. ; Heliornis fulicarius Bonn. Podica Less.\ Bill like that of the last genus; but the Wings moderate, with the third, fourth, and fifth quills thelongest. Tail lengthened, rounded, and composed of long narrow feathers, with the shaft of each strongat the base. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and scutellated in front. Toes long, and margined witha broad lobed membrane ; the lateral ones unequal; the hind toe long, and margined with a broad lobe ;the claws short and curved. The typical species is peculiar to Western Africa; its habits and manners are unknown. P. senegalensis (Vieill.) Less. Gal. des Ois. t. 280. * Established by Bonnaterre (Encycl. Method, p. 64.) in 1790 ; and, in 1811, Illiger altered it to Established by M. Lesson in 1831 (TV. dOrn. p. 596.) ; and Rliiyelura of Wagler (1832) is coequal. December, i£5 t=3 1^
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