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Order VI. Odontoglossae. 



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 

 PTioenicopteridm : Fla- 

 mingoes, p. 125. 



-Flamingoes. 



Fig. 18. 



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



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

 legs and neck generally much lengthened. 



/^^^^jyr] 



Fig. 19. 



Fig. 20. 



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

 nail with a comblike edge. . . . Family Ardeidoe : 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 Ibises, p. 127. 



b. Size smaller, tarsus under 5*00. . . . Family Ibididcn : Ibises (Fig. 

 20), p. 126. 



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

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



