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. 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 . 1. GALL 0 P HAS IS ignxtas. 2 . &ALLUS taukiVa. 3. xaelauocepialus. VARO UNIVERSITY Order V. Family III. PHASiAnnm The fourth Subfamily, MELEAGRINiE, or Tu RKEYS, have the Tail more or less short and pendent. The head and neck denuded of plumes, or only coveredwith scattered hairs, or carunculated ; the base of the lower mandible sometimes wattled. Meleagkis Linn.* Bill moderate, strong ; the sides compressed,
. 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 . 1. GALL 0 P HAS IS ignxtas. 2 . &ALLUS taukiVa. 3. xaelauocepialus. VARO UNIVERSITY Order V. Family III. PHASiAnnm The fourth Subfamily, MELEAGRINiE, or Tu RKEYS, have the Tail more or less short and pendent. The head and neck denuded of plumes, or only coveredwith scattered hairs, or carunculated ; the base of the lower mandible sometimes wattled. Meleagkis Linn.* Bill moderate, strong ; the sides compressed, and the culmen arched to the tip, which overlaps thatof the lower mandible ; the nostrils lateral, basal, pierced in the membrane of the nasal groove. Wingsshort, rounded, with the first four quills graduated, and the fifth and sixth the longest. Tail moderate,broad, and rounded. Tarsi robust, much longer than the middle toe, covered in front with broaddivided scales, and armed with a short obtuse spur. Toes moderate, the anterior ones united at theirbase by a membrane, the inner toe rather shorter than the outer, the hind toe moderate and elevated:the c
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