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Family Cochleariidae 

 Carotids A-1 ; ligamentum botalli reduced fco a linea botalli. 



Species studied 

 By Glenny 



Cochlearius cochlearius zeledoni (Ridgway) (A-1) 



Family Balaenicipitidae 



Carotids B-4-s; the right dorsal carotid appears to have become 

 functionally modified as a superficial cervical artery (comes nervi 

 vagi) , and to have lost its anterior connection with the carotids of the 

 head region ; a pan- of arteries which arise from the innominate arteries 

 near the base of the subclavian arteries supply the oesophagus. 



Species studied 



By Glenny 



Balaeniceps rex Gould (B-4-s) 



Family Scopidae 



No information is available for this family of bu'ds. 



Family Ciconiidae 



Carotids A-1 ; ligamentum botalli reduced to a linea botalli. 



Species studied 



Leptoptilos crumeniferus (Lesson) (A-1) 



By Glenny 

 Ciconia ciconia (Linne) (A-1) 



By Garrod 



Ciconia alba— Ciconia ciconia (Linne 



(A-1) 

 Ciconia nigra (Linn6) (A-1) 



Family Threskiornithidae 

 Carotids A-1 ; ligamentum botalli present, at least in part 



Species studied 



By Garrod 

 Ibis melanocephala= Tlireskiornis melan- 



ocephala (Latham) (A-1) 

 Ibis strictipennis =^ Threskiornis molucca 



strictipennis (Gould) (A-1) 

 Ibis nippon = Nipponia nippon (Tem- 



minck) (A-1) 



Ibis rubra=Guara rubra (Linn6) (A-1) 

 Platalea leucorodia Linne (A-1) 



By Glenny 



Guara alba (Linne) (A-1) 

 Plegadis guarauna (Linn6) (A-1) 



