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Genus 16.—AN A ST OM US.— Illiger. 
Generic Character. —Bill thick, greatly compressed, gaping 
towards the middle; margin of the upper mandible serrated on 
its outer half; upper and under mandibles with an elevated 
ridge, bordered by a furrow; nostrils linear, situated near the 
base of the bill; legs long, slender; feet with three anterior 
toes, the exterior ones united by a short membrane ; hallux ar¬ 
ticulated on the same level as the claws ; wings rather long, first 
and second quills longest. 
Anastomus Coromandelianus. — Coromandel Anastomus. 
Plate LVII. fig. 4. 
White; wings below the middle feathers iridescent-black; 
ophthalmic region black; irides orange; bill and legs yellow. 
Fifteen inches long. Inhabits India. 
Genus 17.—SCOPUS.— Brisson. 
Generic Character. —Bill compressed, bent at the tip ; upper 
mandible with an elevated ridge and a groove under it; lower 
mandible with a produced ridge extending half its length; 
nostrils oblique near the base of the bill; tarsus longer than 
the middle toe ; feet with three anterior toes, the outer ones 
connected by a membrane the length of the first joint; hallux 
resting on the ground ; wings of medium length, third, fourth, 
and fifth quills longest. 
Scopus umbretta. — The Tufted Umber. 
Plate LX. fig. 5. 
Yellowish umber-coloured, paler below; head surmounted 
by a large pendulous tuft of loose feathers; tail with several 
transverse broken bands ; throat gray ; bill lead-coloured; legs 
dusky. Twenty inches long. Inhabits Africa. 
Genus 18— PHGENICOPTERU S.— Linnaeus. 
Generic Character .—Bill thick, strong, deeper than broad, 
naked at the base; the upper mandible nearly straight about 
half its length, where it is slightly arcuated, and from whence 
it suddenly bends downwards to within about two thirds its 
length, where it becomes suddenly hooked, and terminates with 
a lanceolate point; the under edge corresponds somewhat in 
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