PLATALE^. 283 



Hah. Australia and south coast of New Guinea. 



1346. Mandibles, with horny sheath. 0. 0. 1310 a. 



1347. iSternum, with right coracoid and scapula. Clarence 



River, N. S. Wales {E. P. Eamscuj). S. S. 1070. 



Presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.S. 



Mycteria senegalensis. 



Myctena senegalensin, Shaw, Trans. Liun. Soc. v. p. 32 (1800) ; 

 Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 731 (1884). 



The African Jabiru. 



Hab. Africa. 



1348. Skull, with hyoid arch. 0. 0. 1309 B. 



From the ZooUnjical Society. 



1349. Skull. 0. C. 1310 B. Stores, liHid. 



Suborder V. PLATALEJE*. 

 [C/. Sharpe, Review, p. 75.] 



A. Pahite desmognathous. 



B. Basipter\-goid processes absent. 



C. Nasals schizorhinal. 



D. Posterior angle of mandible recurved. 



E. Occipital foramina present. 



F. Edge of cranium above orbits truncate, indicating the position 



of the nasal glands. 



G. Sternum with four posterior notches. 



H. Spinal feather-tract not defined on the back. 



* Cf. Seebohm, Classif. B. p. 28; Stejneger, Staud. Nat. Hist. Birds, 

 p. 158. 



