Shuflildt : Osteology of the Merouiones. 



IGl 



Ordk.r. 



Hkrudii. 



SUPERKAMII.IICS. 



J TbidoideK . 

 ■ 1 Ardeoideoe 



Families. 

 f Ciconiidiv. 

 J Scopidce. 

 j I5ala;nicipitidce. 

 [ Ardeid;\:. 



Dr. Max Fiirbringer in his great work which appeared in 1888 gives 

 us the following as a part of his scheme of the classification of birds, 

 where the lierodiones fall into the Subclass Ornithur.e. 



Okdkk. Suhokder. 

 ANSERIFORMES. 



POUICIPITIFORMES. 



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Gens. 

 Gastornithes, 

 Anseres or 

 Lamellirostres. 

 Enaliornithes. 

 Hesperornithes. 



OlLYMBo-I'oDl- 

 CIPITES. 



Phcenicoi'terl 



CICONIIFORMES. 



Pelargo-Herodil 



Accipitres. 



( Ilenieroharpa^^es 

 Pelargolun-pagcs. ) 



Steganofodp:s. 



Family. 



Gastornilhidse. 

 Anatidce. 



Enalioriiithidiie. 



Hesperornithidse. 



Colymbida?. 



PodicipidiTi. 



Pahieolodidae 



Phoenicopteridre. 



Plataleidae or Hemiglot- 



tides. 

 Ciconiidse or Pelargi. 

 Scopidse. 



Ardeida; or Herodii. 

 Balsenicipitidse. 

 Gypogeranidse. 

 Cathartidae. 

 Gypo-Falconid^e. 

 Phaetontidas. 

 Phalacrocoracidas. 

 Pelecanidse. 

 Fregatida;. 



In the part " Aves " of Bronn's Thierreich, Doctor Hans Gadow 

 offers the following arrangement for the main divisions of the Class : 



Class 



1. UnTERCLASSE. ARCHi^ORNITHES. 



2. Unterclasse. Neornithes. 



1. Division. 



2. Division. 



3. Division. 



AVES. 



Neornithes 

 Neornithes 

 Neornithes 



I. Brigade. I. Legion. Colymbomorpha;. 



2. Legion. Pelargomorphi 



2. Brigade. I. Legion. Alectoromorpha; 



2. Legion. Coraciomorphaj. 



Rati tie. 



OdontolcK. 



Carinat;!;. 



Ordnungen. 

 f Ichthyornithes. 



Colynibi formes. 



.Sphenisciformes. 



Procellariiformes. 



Ciconiiformes. 



Anseriformes. 



Falconiformes. 



Tinaniiformes. 



Galbformes. 



Grui formes. 



Charadrii formes. 



Cuculi formes. 



Coraciiformes. 



Passeri formes. 



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