Extinct Birds An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those Birds which have become extinct in historical times by Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild Rothschild

Author:Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild Rothschild
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Extinct birds, Birds
Published: 2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

ERYTHROMACHUS MILNE-EDWARDS.

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egs stout, made for running, and from a quarter to one-fifth shorter than in Ocydromus, the three anterior digits well developed and the hallux very small. Body less massive than in Ocydromus, with the wings slightly more developed, but not serviceable for flight. Head small; bill red, straight, pointed, and about 60 mm. = 2.4 inches. A red naked patch round the eye; plumage pale grey."

ERYTHROMACHUS LEGUATI MILNE-EDWARDS.

Gelinote Leguat, t. II p. 71 (1708).

Erythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) XIX, pp. 6, 7, pls. XI, XII (1874).

Aphanopteryx leguati Günther & E. Newton, Phil. Trans. Vol. 168, pp. 431-432, pl. XLIII (1879).

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