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Pygopodes

PYGOPODES.

Divers and Grebes. Tail very short ; toes lobed or webbed, outer toe longest, hind toe on higher level than the others ; tarsus strongly compressed sideways, sharp edged in front and behind ; legs set very far back on body.

Characters as in genus "Podiceps."