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Order VI. Odontoglossse 



Large red or reddish 

 birds ; bill with toothlike 

 ridges as in some Ducks, 

 the end half bent down- 

 ward ; tarsus 12-00 or more 

 in length, . . . Family 

 Phmiicopteridoi : Fla- 

 mingoes, p, 125. 



-Flamingop:s. 



Fig. 18. 



Order VH. Herodiones.— Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. 



Toes four, all on the same level, slightly or not at all webbed ; lores bare; 

 legs and neck generally much lengthened. 



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Fig. 20. 



Fig. 21. 



A. Bill straight and sharply pointed; inner border of the middle toe- 

 nail with a comblike edge. , , . Family Jrdeidce : Herons, Egrets, 

 and Bitterns (Fig, 19), p, 128. 



£. Bill rounded, more or less curved downward ; no comb on the mid- 

 dle toe-nail. 



a. Size large, tarsus over 5-00, . , , Family Ciconiidce : Storks and 

 Wood Ibise.s, p. 127. 



b. Size smaller, tarsus under 5-00. . . , Family Ibididce : Ibises (Fig, 

 20), p, 126, 



C. Bill flattened and much broadened at the end. , . . Family Plata- 

 kidce : Spoonbills (Fig. 21), p. 125. 



