OTPflST. PllOCELLARIIFORMES. 493 



Sharpe (1891), Bt KOTopHx-B Proceîlariiformes n Schenisciformes 

 noM'femeHH n c.ininiKOM'B bhcoko, h cjramKOM'B 6jih3ko icb Laro- 

 Limicolae, .naace Bt cncTeM'E SHUFEi/DT'a (1904). Shufeldt 1 ) npa- 

 bhjie.ho BHaep}K,nBaeT'B nopasoK'B rpynn-B Coîymhomorphae; 3a su- 

 bersuborder 2 ) III Odontoliolcae (==EnaliornitMdae-t-Hesperornithi- 

 dae) y Hero cnh.ziyjoT'B supersuborders IV Cohjmho-podicipitif ormes, 

 V Aptenodytif ormes h VI Proceîlariiformes; ÔJiHacafimnMn pojicTBeH- 

 HHKaMU nocjfBAHnx'h 0Ht npn3HaeTB 11 CTaBnrB bt» CBoefi cncTeM'E 

 VII Peïecaniformes, ho TOT^acB 3a nocji'B.n.HiiM'B ceMeficTBOMt hxtj, 

 Freyatidae. nycKaerB supersubordo VIII Ichthyornithiformes. a He- 

 nocpe^cTBeHHO 3a 8tbmh BHMepnniMH nranaMii supei-suborders IX 

 Lariformes n X Char adriif ormes. Kpoivrâ, cjrBaoBaTejiBHO, Steganopo- 

 des bc'b ocTajiBHHa rpynnn KOMnjieicca Pelargomorphae — t. e. ero 

 supersuborders XVIII Palamedeiformes, XIX Anseriformes, XX 

 Phoenicopterif ormes, XXI Pelargiformis n XXII Accipitres — ctoat-b 

 y nero, KaKŒ. noKa3HBaiOT , i> nncppBi rpynn-B, 3Ha*raTejiBH0 Bume He 

 to.tebko Lariformes, Cliaradriformes etc., ho n BBime Taicoiï bbicoeo- 

 pa3BHxon rpynnn, i-cain. Columbi formes, — Accipitres b-b Henocpea- 

 CTuenHofl 6jih30cth ci, Psittaciformes n Strigiformes. Bce 9to He bh- 

 sceTCH cb HaniHMU coBpeMeHHHMn noHHTiHMn poscTB'B rpynn r B n 



npOTHBOp , B I IHT'B B3rjIH,HaM'b, BBICKaSblBaeMBIM-B CaMHMT, :K6 ScHU- 



feldt'ôm'b, KOTopBift nnTnpyerB 3 ) c.TOBa FoRBEs'a: „ But no oae 

 will be préparée!, I think, to dispute tbat the Steganopodes are 

 allied to the Herodiones, including under tbat name the Storks 

 and lierons, with Scopus only", caMT. >ko yKasHBaeT'B Ha cbjî3b 

 TuMnares cb Catharthidae, Steganopodes u Ciconiidae 11 roBopHTt 

 HairB, tito ,, Remotely aidn to the Steganopodes, the Falconidae. or 

 more generally, the Accipitres, also are linked with thèse more 

 lowly avian groupes, — as are also the Ardeidae. tbrough Scopus u . 

 .. During the âges past", npoflO/KaeT'B oh-b, „it is quite évident 

 t liât hosts of intermediate forms linking thèse fami lies and groups 

 liave perished and become extinot. This, taken in connection 

 with the very marked specialization of the remaining gênera, 

 goes far towards provingthe great antiquity of the entire group, 

 and liow vast that extinction of the less specialized forms must 



1 Amer. Natural., XXXVIII, 1904, pp. 833-857. 



2) BcÉ htiiiiu 3a HciunoTCHiewb Archaeoptery.c'a, cociaB.raiorB y Hero 

 order Ornithurae. 



3) Americ. Natural., XLI, 1907, pp. 122—123. 



