288 LAMELLIROSTRES. 



Suborder I. PHCENICOPTERL 



iCf. Seebohm, Classif. B. p. 21 ; Stejneger, Stand. Nat. Hist, 

 p. 153 ; Sharpe, Review, p. 76.] 



A. Palate desmognatlious. 



B. Basipterygoid processes absent or very rudimentary. 



C. Nasals holorhinal. 



D. Mandible much produced and recurved behind its articula- 



tion with the quadrate. 



E. Lachrymal nasal region elongated. Frontalia narrow, not 



covering the orbits above. 



F. Grrooves for orbital glands present. 



G. Cseca well developed. 



H. Bill with lamellae, like a Duck. 



Family PHCENICOPTERID^.. 



Genus PHCENICOPTERUS *. 



Brisson, Orn. vi. p. 532 (1760). 



Phoenicopterus roseus. 



Phoenicopterus roseus, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 201 (1811); 

 Dresser, B. Ear. vi. p. 343. pi. 410 (1879). 



The Common Elamingo. 



Hah. Southern Europe, the entire Continent of Africa down 

 to Cape Colony, and Asia as far east as India. 



1367. Skeleton. 0. C. 1278 a. [Many of the bones exhibited 



in the Separate Series.] Presented hy Lord Lilford. 



1368. Skull. O.C. 1278 b. Purchased. 



1369. Cranium of specimen 1367. S. S. 2187. 



Presented by Lord Lilford. 



1370. Sternum, with right coracoid and scapula. S. S. 994. 



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



* Cf. Eyton, Ostpol. Av. pi. 4 Z- (skeleton of P. ruber), pi. 29. fig. 2. 



