Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 2 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

NYCTINOMUS amictus.
Duvaucel's Nightfeeder.

NYCTIORNIS amictus.

Duvaucel's Nightfeeder.

Sub-order, Fissirostres. Family ——?

Generic Character.

Bill subfalcated, compressed, margins of the upper mandible folding over those of the lower: rictus excessively wide. Wings rounded, moderate. Plumage lax, long. Tarsi much shorter than the hallux. Toes and claws as in Merops and Prionites. Nobis.

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Specific Character.