. A monograph on the anatidae, or duck tribe. bia parte quarta denudatae. Pedes validi, digitis unguibusmagnis instructis. An*at. Char. Trachea aliquando convoluta maribus sed non in sterno penetrans. Cacamediocria. Ext. Char. Bill large, narrowed at the apex, and armed with a large claw. The spacebetween the eyes and bill devoid of feathers. Thighs denuded for a quarter of their length. Feetstrong, armed with sharp claws. Anat. Char. Trachea sometimes convoluted in the males, but not penetrating thesternum. Caca moderate. Affinities. This curious group appears to lead directly to the grallato
. A monograph on the anatidae, or duck tribe. bia parte quarta denudatae. Pedes validi, digitis unguibusmagnis instructis. An*at. Char. Trachea aliquando convoluta maribus sed non in sterno penetrans. Cacamediocria. Ext. Char. Bill large, narrowed at the apex, and armed with a large claw. The spacebetween the eyes and bill devoid of feathers. Thighs denuded for a quarter of their length. Feetstrong, armed with sharp claws. Anat. Char. Trachea sometimes convoluted in the males, but not penetrating thesternum. Caca moderate. Affinities. This curious group appears to lead directly to the grallatorial birds, but withthe flamingo in particular it coincides to a great degree in the intestinal anatomy, while its skeleton,at least the fragments of it Ave have inspected, is that of a true goose, that of the flamingo approachingmost intimately the Ardeida, which in our opinion (although in some particulars its intestinalanatomy appears to accord with the Anatidce) entirely precludes it from being admitted into theorder. PLECTROPTERIN/R.] 8.
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