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family of Owls is named Strigid@ from the generic term applied 
to the typical species of the whole suborder—namely, the Barn- 
owls. 
The next and eighth order, with 68 species, is that of the 
Steganopodes, the characters of which may be thus expressed :— 
Order VIII. STEGANOPODES. 
Palate desmognathous; plumage of neck continuous; young 
born helpless, passing through a downy stage; hallux supplied 
by flevor hallucis; a tufted oil-gland ; ceca present; no basi- 
pterygoid processes ; mandible not produced backwards beyond 
the quadrate ; sternum not perforated by coracoids. 
There are three families in this order. The first is the 
Pelecanide, and contains all the Gannets', Pelicans ?, Cormo- 
rants, and Darters*. The second contains the Tropic-birds *, 
and is named Phaetontide ; while the Frigate-bird’ bestows 
its name on the third family of Tachypetide. 
The ninth order, the Herodiones, has about 134 species, with 
the following characters :— 
Order IX. HERODIONES. 
Spinal feather-tract either not defined or not reaching far 
up on the neck; flexor digitorum not supplying the hallux ; 
young born helpless and passing through a downy stage; palate 
desmognathous ; basipterygoid processes absent ; nasals schizo- 
rhinal or not so; semitendinosus present; dorsal vertebra not 
opisthoccelous ; oil-gland present and tufted. 
Five families belong to this order. The first of these, Arde- 
ide, embraces the Herons and Bitterns®. The second family, 
Scopide, includes the Umbrette’, the Shoe-bill *, and the Boat- 
bill’. The third family, Ciconiide, includes the Storks ', the 
Adjutant ™, and the Wood Stork *, but not the Crane’, which 
belongs to quite another order. The fourth family is called 
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