410 CLASS XVI. 



Dicholoplius Illig., Cariama Briss., GrAY, Microdactylus 

 Geoffr. Bill moderate, parted as far as below the eyes, with 

 upper mandible longer, convex and curved, subvaulted. Nostrils 

 nearer to the base of bill, covered by membrane, opening by 

 aperture anterior, oblong. Feet elongate ; tarsi covered with large 

 transverse scutella; toes very short, anterior conjoined at the base; 

 hallux raised. Wings moderate, with first quill short, fifth and 

 sixth subequal, longest of all. Tail long, broad. 



Sp. Dicholophm cristatus, Palamedea cnstata L., Temminck PI. col. i^^j, 

 GuER. Iconogr., Ois. PI. 51, fig. i, Maxim. Abb. zur Naturgesch. Bras., 

 Aves, Tab. iv. ; the Sariama or Serlema; this bird is met with over a large 

 extent of South America, from the 8th to the 31st degree of S. L. ; it has 

 a double row of erect, thin feathers on the head. Compare on this bird 

 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Ann. du Mas. xiir. pp. 362 — 370, PI. 26, and 

 Prinz Maximilian 2W Wied Neu-Wied, Nov. Act. Acad. Cces. Leop. Carol. 

 Tom. XI. pp. 341 — 350. (Where there is a figure of the head, natural 

 size.) 



Genus anomalous, swan-like. Phcemcojyterus. 



Phcemcopterus L. Bill high at the base, broken and curved, 

 with margins lamellate and dentate. Nostrils longitudinal, pervious, 

 covered above by membrane. Neck very long. Feet very long, 

 palmate; tarsi covered anteriorly with transverse scutella. Hallux 

 short, raised. Wings moderate, with first and second quills sub- 

 equal, longest of all. 



Sp. Phoenicopterus antiquorum Temm., {Phcenicopterus ruber L. in part), 

 Buff. PI. enl. 63, Naum. Taf. 233; the jlamingo, le flammant; in Asia, 

 Africa and the South of Europe, especially in Sicily and Sardinia ; rose- 

 coloured, with red wings and black flag-feathers ; 3 or 4 feet high. This 

 bird builds a pyramidal nest and sits on it as on a saddle, with the legs 

 hanging down by the sides. The fleshy tongue of the flamingo was amongst 

 the exquisite delicacies of the extragavant Romans. Formerly this 

 species was not distinguished from the American, to which Temminck 

 would appropriate exclusively the name of Phcenicopterus ruber. There is 

 in South America also Phcenicopterus ignipalliatus Is. Geoffroy and 

 D'Orbigny, Gdbrin Magas. de Zool. 1832, Ois. PI. 2, Guer. Iconogr., Ois. 

 PI. 59, fig. 2, with shorter legs, and the bill, from the tip to more than 

 half, black, and in Africa a species much smaller than the preceding three, 

 occurring also at the Cape of Good Hope and elsewhere : Phosnicopterv^ 

 minor Temm. PI. col. 419, 



Family VIII. Pressirostres (CharadrtadceY IGOV.B, G^ ay). Bill 

 moderate, seldom longer than head, with tip protracted, hard, com- 



