392 * CLASS XVI. 



fig. I ; the storni-hird. This bird is so fat that the inhabitants of Feroe, 

 according to Bruennich, string it to a wick and so use it for a lamp or 

 candle. 



Procellaria Vigoes, Gray and others. Tarsus shorter than mid- 

 dle toe. (Wings pointed, with first quill longer than the rest.) 



Sp. Procellaria capensis L., Buff. PL enl. 964, Lesson Ornith. PI. iii, 

 fig. i; — Proc. glacialis L., Buff. PI. enl. 59, Naum. Taf. 276, &c. 

 Compare on this and the preceding genus KuHL Beitrdge ziir Kenntniss der 

 Procellarien in Beitr. zur Zoologic mid vergl. Anafom. s. 135—149. 



Diomedea L. (excl. Diomedea demersa), Illig., Gray, Albatrus 

 Briss. Bill longer than head, thick ; culmen separated by a groove; 

 tip hooked; lower mandible with tip compressed, trmicate. Nostrils 

 lateral, at the base of groove, opening forwards. Wings elongate, 

 with second quill longest. Feet short, robust. 



Sp. Diomedea exidans L., Boff. PL enl. 237 ; the albatross, often noticed by- 

 voyagers, is a large sea-bird of the southern hemisphere, like some other 

 species, as Diom. melanojphrys Temm. PL col. 456, Guerin Iconogr., Ois. 

 PI. 62, fig. 5, &c. 



Order II. Grallatores. 



Feet stilted for wading, with tarsi long, toes either cloven or 

 lobate, or palmate, or semipalmate. The whole tibia with the 

 lower part of femur exsert. Neck moderate or elongate. Bill 

 mostly elongate, of various form. Wings elongate. 



Waders. — In most of them a large part of tlie tibia is im- 

 feathered, and, like the long tarsi, is covered with a horny invest- 

 ment. In some snipes, especially in Scolopax rusticula, this part is 

 very small and confined to the posterior surface of the lower pai't 

 of the tibia only, over which however the feathers placed higher up 

 extend ; in most, however, it is very large, especially in Himanto- 

 pus and Recurvirostra. These birds, for the most part, live in 

 fenny districts or on the banks of livers. Many live on animal 

 food, on insects, worms, &c., or, if they have a strong bill, swallow 

 fishes, reptiles, and even small mammals. Most of the species fly 

 very well, and during their flight keep their legs extended back- 

 wards. 



Family V. Macrodactyli. Feet tetradactylous, with toes elon- 

 gate, sometimes lobate. Tarsi covered anteriorly with transverse 

 scutella. Wings moderate or short. Body slender; breast com- 

 pressed, with sternum narrow. 



