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FAMILY PODICIPEDIDÆ
(Grebes)

Hallux raised above level of other toes; toes with wide lateral lobes, united at base. Tail vestigial.

138. Pódicipes (Grebe). Bill forming pointed cylindrical cone; secondaries, if any, very little shorter than primaries.

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ORDER TUBINARES

External nostrils are produced into tubes; anterior toes fully webbed; hallux small or absent.

FAMILY PROCELLARIIDÆ