. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 508 PODICIPEDID^ PODICIPES Family I. PODIOIPBDID^. Cervical vertebrae seventeen to twenty-one in number; only the left carotid present; of the Garrodian thigh muscles only the acces- sory femoro-caudal and the semitendinosus present; twelve primaries; no distinguishable rectrices. The members of this family can be always at once distinguished from all other birds by their curiously lobed toes and by the absence of the rectrices. Genus I. PODICIPES. Type. Podiceps, Lath. Suppl. Gen. Syn. p. 294 (1787) P. cristatus. Bill moderately long, straight and pointed,
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 508 PODICIPEDID^ PODICIPES Family I. PODIOIPBDID^. Cervical vertebrae seventeen to twenty-one in number; only the left carotid present; of the Garrodian thigh muscles only the acces- sory femoro-caudal and the semitendinosus present; twelve primaries; no distinguishable rectrices. The members of this family can be always at once distinguished from all other birds by their curiously lobed toes and by the absence of the rectrices. Genus I. PODICIPES. Type. Podiceps, Lath. Suppl. Gen. Syn. p. 294 (1787) P. cristatus. Bill moderately long, straight and pointed, the eulmen slightly down curved towards the tip; nostrils pervious, at the base of the upper mandible; wings very short and rounded, the primaries and secondaries nearly equal; tail rudimentary, consisting of short. Fig. 156.—Foot of Podicipes cristatus. x i downy feathers only, no rectrices; tarsus shorter than the middle toe and claw, compressed to form a ridge anteriorly and posteriorly, where it is serrated, the sides with rows of transversely elongated scales; toes flattened, each with a broad lateral lobe or expansion, coalescing at the base and not contracted at the joints, most deve- loped on the inner side; claws also flattened and forming part of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter
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