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macropterygidæ

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of birds containing the tree-swifts of southeastern Asia. They have the vomer narrow; palatines exteriorly unnotched; posterior margin of sternum concave, with two perforations; and the tarsus shorter than the first digit.

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