TH£ UKBONB AMD BUATBLLLA. IIG** 



Suborder Herodii.— HERONS AND BOATBILLS. 



The Ilerod'd contain two families, distinguished by the follow- 

 characters : 



a.' Bill lance-shaped, or oompressod, narrow, and pointed, its lateral outlines nearly 

 straight, the gonys several times longer than the width of the under mandi- 

 ble Ardeids. 



a? Bill shaped like a broad Inverted boat; its lateral outlines much bowed, and the conys 

 not longer than width of under mandible Coohleariidee. 



The CocMcnr'ddm are not represented in our fauna, being 

 peculiar to tropical America. 



