Fig. III. 
1. Conirostral. Conus = cone. 
rostrum = beak. 
2. Dentirostral. Den(t)s=tooth. 
rostrum = beak. 
3. Fissirostral. Fissus = cleft. 
rostrum = beak. 
4. Tenuirostral. Tenuis = thin. 
rostrum = beak. 
5. Longirostral. Longus = long. 
rostrum = beak. 
6. Pressirostral. | Pressus p.p. premere-press, compressed. 
rostrum = beak. 
7. Cultirostral. Cultrirostris, Cultur a knife 
rostrum = beak. 
ie) 
Lemellirostral. Lamella=a thin plate. 
rostrum = beak. . 
a =Conirostral bill of Hawfinch. 
b= Dentirostral bill of Shrike. The notch, nick or tooth of the 
bill of the Dentirostres is not to be confounded with the 
tooth of the bill of certain birds of prey, as the falcons, nor 
with the series of teeth of the lamellirostral birds— 
ducks, ete. 
c=Fissirostral bill of Goatsucker. 
d=Tenuirostral ,, Honey-sucker. 
f=Pressirostral ,, Lapwing. 
g=Cultrirostral ,, Heron. 
h=Lemellirostral ,, Duck. In Cuvier’s classification, the 4th 
family of his 6th order of birds (Palmipedes). 
They contain those which have the bill lamellosodentate and 
covered with soft skin with nail at end, as ducks, geese, swans, 
flamingos. 
