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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

FAMILY, Halcyonidae

FAMILY, Halcyonidae, Vigors.

Bill very long, stout, angular, straight pointed, broadish at base, acute at tip; gape wide; rictus smooth; wings moderate, rounded; tail usually short; tarsus and toes very small, feeble, the latter much syndactyle, especially the outer one to the middle; one toe sometimes wanting.

BookTitle: 
Handbook to the Birds of the Bombay Presidency
Reference: 
Barnes, Henry Edwin. Handbook to the birds of the Bombay Presidency, 1885.
Title in Book: 
Family Halcyonidae
Book Author: 
Barnes, H. Edwin
Year: 
1885
Page No: 
98
M_ID: 
8996
M_SN: 
Alcedinidae
Term name: 
id: 
11332

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