. A general synopsis of birds . III. Q tq Gexus I. [ 29S ] Genus LXXXI. COURIER. N° 1. Italian C. I LL fhort, (trait. Legs long: thighs fhort: feet palmated, and furnifhedwith a back toe. Le Coureur, Brif. Orn. vi. p. C. Trochilus, or Corrira, Rail Syn. 118. 3.—Will, Orn. p. 321. pi. 60. Description. rTHIS bird is laid to be lefs than the Avofet, and the legs notib long in proportion. The bill fhorter, {trait, yellow, witha black tip : irides of two colours, firft white, furrounded withchefnut: the head, and all the upper parts of the body and wings,are ferruginous : the under part
. A general synopsis of birds . III. Q tq Gexus I. [ 29S ] Genus LXXXI. COURIER. N° 1. Italian C. I LL fhort, (trait. Legs long: thighs fhort: feet palmated, and furnifhedwith a back toe. Le Coureur, Brif. Orn. vi. p. C. Trochilus, or Corrira, Rail Syn. 118. 3.—Will, Orn. p. 321. pi. 60. Description. rTHIS bird is laid to be lefs than the Avofet, and the legs notib long in proportion. The bill fhorter, {trait, yellow, witha black tip : irides of two colours, firft white, furrounded withchefnut: the head, and all the upper parts of the body and wings,are ferruginous : the under parts white : the two middle tail fea-thers are white, tipped with black : the others fuppofed to beblack : toes webbed, as in the £. This bird is faid to inhabit Italy, and to run very faff; whence the name given to it. Aldrovandus * is the only one who hasfeen the bird; and it is from him alone that the fucceedingauthors have all had the defcription and figure. * Aw, torn iii. p. 28S. fig. in p. 289. GlN»S £rie£&5pUl //// */f7fJ. E *99 1 Genus LXXXII. FLAMINGO. N° i. Red Flamingo. THE bill in this genus is thick, large, bending in the mid-dle, forming a fliarp angle; the higher part of the uppermandible carinated ; the lower compreiTed; the edges of theupper mandible fharply denticulated ; of the lower, tranfverfeiyfulcated. Noftrils covered above with a thin plate, pervious, linearly-longitudinal. Tongue cartilaginous, and pointed at the end; the middlemufcular; bafe glandular; on the upper part aculeatechNeck very long. Legs and thighs of a great length. Feet webbed; the webs extend as far as the claws, but aredeeply toe very fmall. Phsenicopterus ruber, Lin. Syft. i. p. 230.—Stop. Ann. i. N° 114. Le Flammant, Brif Orn. vi. p. 533. pi. 47. fig. l.—Buf. Oif. viii. p. 475. 4. r^gQ p^ pi. , Enl. 63. pL> X(; Phxnicopterus, Flammant, Raii Syn. p. 117. 2.—Will. Orn. p. 320. pi. 6o« —Am. Zool. N° , Raii Syn. p
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