. A monograph on the anatidae, or duck tribe. 15 [ GENUS IV. CHENISCUS. Ext. Char. Rostrum parvum, ad basin elevatum, vakle altius-quam latum, et unguemagna instructs. Nares rotundatte, culmen versus positae. Pedes magni. Di;/iii longi etacutis unguibus armati. Tarsi breves. Cauda rotundata. Anat. Char. Ignoti. Ext. Char. Bill small, elevated at tbe base, much higher than broad, and armed with alarge nail. Nostrils rounded, placed towards the culmen. Feet large. Toes long, and armedwith sharp claws. Tarsi short. The tail rounded. Ax at. Char. Unknown. Axser. Linn. Lath. Berxicla. St
. A monograph on the anatidae, or duck tribe. 15 [ GENUS IV. CHENISCUS. Ext. Char. Rostrum parvum, ad basin elevatum, vakle altius-quam latum, et unguemagna instructs. Nares rotundatte, culmen versus positae. Pedes magni. Di;/iii longi etacutis unguibus armati. Tarsi breves. Cauda rotundata. Anat. Char. Ignoti. Ext. Char. Bill small, elevated at tbe base, much higher than broad, and armed with alarge nail. Nostrils rounded, placed towards the culmen. Feet large. Toes long, and armedwith sharp claws. Tarsi short. The tail rounded. Ax at. Char. Unknown. Axser. Linn. Lath. Berxicla. Stepk. Querqueula. Gray. Cheniscus. Brookes MSS. Type. Cheniscus Coromandeliana. Affinity. In the structure of the feet this genus bears considerable resemblance to thespecies of the genus A user, adapted for swimming, though of extremely diminutive size. Tbe bill,od the contrary, is that of Bemicla.
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