The Key to Scientific Names
- Leptotarsis
(Anatidae; syn. Dendrocygna † Plumed Whistling Duck D. eytoni) Gr. λεπτος leptos delicate, slender; Mod. L. tarsus shank, leg < Gr. ταρσος tarsos flat of the foot; "GENUS IV. LEPTOTARSIS. EXT. CHAR. Rostrum mediocre ad basin, altius-quam latum, culmine complanata [sic] et ungue magno instructo [sic]. Nares parvæ, culmen versus locatæ. Tarsi longi et graciles. Digiti unguibus paululum incurvatis acutisque armati. ... LEPTOTARSIS. Gould. ... The structure of the bill appears to ally this genus to that of Dendrocygna; while, on the other hand, that of the tail, which, though not elongated, is acuminate, to the genus Dafila." (Eyton 1838); "Leptotarsis (Gould MS.) Eyton, Monog. Anat., p. 29, 1838—type, by monotypy, Leptotarsis eytoni Eyton." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (2), p. 312) (see Ctenanas).
