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
Year:
1885
Page No:
98
M_ID:
8996
M_SN:
Alcedinidae
Term name:
id:
11332
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