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Title: 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
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872 Mitchell, David William
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans

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front ofthe nasal groove, and then slightly arched to the tip; the lateral margins nearly straight; the nostrilsplaced in a lengthened membranous groove (which is two thirds the length of the bill), the opening basal,Longitudinal, and exposed. Wings lengthened, with the first quill the longest. Tail moderate andpounded. Leys lengthened, the apical portion of the thigh scutellated for nearly the length of themiddle toe. Tarsi rather less than twice the length of the middle toe, and scutellated with transversescales, both in front and behind. Toes three in front, the outer longer than the inner; and the clawsshort, compressed, and slightly curved. This species is found in Chili and the Falkland Islands. In the former country it appears in the plains, in smi illflocks, during the winter. O. totanirostrit Jard. & Selbys 111. Orn. t. 151.* This genus was established by Sir \V. Jardine and .Mr. Selby in their Illustrations of Ornithology, but the exact date is unknown to me. July, 1844.
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Q HuUmaiiHirs Patent IttJiotml ctr/tsoiticrs cfaakopfervui lawn HAF CA! ERS1TY!A USA Order VII. GRALLiE. Family I. Ciiaradriadje. The third Subfamily, GLAREOLIN^E, or Pratincoles, have a short Bill, which is broad at the base, and laterally compressed to the tip ; the Wings very long,with the first quill the longest; the Legs moderate, with the tip of the tibia naked; the Toes three infront, and one posteriorly, which is elevated. Glareola Briss.* Bill short, broad at the base, much compressed to the tip, with the culmen depressed at the base,elevated and arched to the tip, the lateral margins curved; the nostrils basal, lateral, and oblique.Wings lengthened, pointed, extending beyond the end of the tail, with the first quill longest. Tailmoderate, and more or less forked. Legs moderate and slender, with the tarsi scutellated, and themiddle toe and claw lengthened; the outer toe longer than the inner, and united at the base to themiddle one; the hind toe very short, elevated, but touc

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