TlIK IUIM)S (>F NolMII A M KliK.'A. 85 



1-V\>1II.V 17. J'hifiilritia . SixMHiMlls ; 1 spccios. 



1-AMll.V IS. — IhiiUibv. Il)is«'S ; 4 species. 



1' A.MILV VJ.—Ciconiifhr. Stoi-ks iind Wood Ibises ; 2 



sp<'cies, 

 FxMll.Y 2(1 —Ar(h'i<l(f. Herons, Bitterns, etc.; IT) 



(>imh:k \iii. ivvLi DKoi.-i: (( ii.\m:.s, ii.mi.s, ktc). 



Toes foiir: middle toe without ;i eoml). <i-enei-ally not 

 \vebl)ed ; liiiid toe (generally small, lii;,rlier than front 

 ones, or when on the same level (Gallinules and Coots 

 only), the hill is comparatively short and stout, and the 

 forehead has a bare shield ; lores feathered, or with hair- 

 like bristles (Cranes). 



Family 2\.—Grui(hv. Cnmes ; 3 species. 



Family 22. — AraniKhv. Conrlans ; 1 s])ecies. 



Family 23.—R(iIlida'. Rails, Gallinules, and Coots ; 

 17 species. 



OHDKU IX.— IJMH <)L i: (SHORK BIRDS). 



Toes four or three ; the hind toe, when present, less than 

 half the lenf^th of the inner one, and always elevated 

 al)ove the others ; leg-s f^enerally Ion*,'- and slender, the 

 lower half of the tibiie bare ; bill, in the true Snipe, g-ener- 

 ally lonf,^ slender, and soft, the nostrils oj)enini,'- throuirh 

 slits or j^-rooves ; winj^s Ion;,'- and i)ointed. the fiivst ))rimai'y 

 g-enerally the larjrf'st. 



F.vmilv 2L —PiKthtropodidic. P]ialaroj)es; .'i species. 

 F.v.MILY 27k— lice nn'irostr i(hv. Avocets and Stilts; 2 



species. 

 Family 2(>. — Sr()/(>jKtci(Jii\ Snipes and Sandijipei-s; 4.') 



species. 

 Family 27. — ('Inirddiiidn. {Movers: L'5 species. 

 Family 2>^. - ApJirizid<r. Surf T.irds and Turnstones; 



.'{ s|)ecies. 

 V \yUlA' 2i). — ffif iiiiffopodidd'. ( )yst(M--catchers; 4 s})e- 



cies. 

 Family .'JO. — Ja<-<iuid<r. .lacanas: 1 species. 



