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Family Phalaropodidae 



Ligamentum botalli absent; vertebrals and superficial cervicals 

 arise separately from the common carotid; type 2 thoracic artery in 

 Phalaropus fulicarius. 



Species studied 



By Glenny 



Phalaropus fulicarius (Linne) 

 Steganopus tricolor Vieillot 



Lobipes lobatus (Linn6) 



Family Dromadidae 



Ligamentum botalli reduced to a linea botalli or lacking; vertebrals 

 and superficial cervicals arise separately from the common carotid 

 arteries. 



Species studied 



By Glenny 

 Dromas ardeola PaykuU 



Family Burhinidae 

 Carotids A-1 ; no additional information available. 



Species studied 

 By Garrod 



Oedicnemus bistriatus — Burhinus bistri- 

 atus (Wagler) 



Oedicnemus grallariu^ = Burhinus mag- 

 nirostris (Latham) 



Family Glareolidae 



Ligamentum botalli absent; vertebrals and superficial cervicals 

 have a common root from the common carotid; the accessory oesoph- 

 ageal artery arises as a branch of the left common carotid artery. 



Species studied 



By Glenny 



Cursorius sp. 



Glareola maldivarum J. R. Forster (2) 



By Garrod 

 Glareola sp. 



Family Thing coridae 



Ligamentum botalli absent; vertebrals and superficial cervicals 

 may or may not have a common root from the common carotid 

 artery; an accessory oesophageal artery arises from the base of the 

 superficial cervical (left side) in Thinocorus but was not observed in 

 Attagis. 



Species studied 



By Glenny 



Attagis malouinus malouinus (Boddaert) 



Thinocorus rumicivorus runiicivorus 

 Eschscholtz (2) 



