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ON THE ANATOMY AND SYSTEMATIC 



P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 644. 



PLATALEID^E. 



Ibis rubra 4- 



leaajaja 



leucorodia 



GRUID.E. 



Grus cinerea 4- 



americana 



australasiana 4- 



Aramus scolopaceus 4- 



CHARADRIID^E. 



Numenius arquatus 4- 



phseopus 4- 



Recurvirostra avocetta 4- 



Tringa canutus 



cinclus 



JEgialites hiaticula 



Eudromias morinellus 4- 



Vanellus (cristatus ?) 4- 



Machetes pugnax 4-* 



Hsematopus ostralegus 4- 



Himantopus nigricollis 



Limosa melanura 4- 



PARRID^S. 



Metopidius albinucha 



indicus 



Parra jacana 



Hydrophasianus chirurgus.. 



Turnix lepurana 



Hemipodius varius 



Dromas ardeolat 



Chionis alba 



Attagisgayi 



Thinocorus rumicivorus 



dorbignyanus 



Cursorius gallicus 



Glareola pratincola 



RHINOCHETID.B. 



Rhinochetus j ubatus 



Eurypyga helias 



MESITID.B. 



Mesites unicolor J 



Occipital 

 foramina. 



Basiptery- 

 goid pro- 



lupraorbi- 

 al impres- 

 sions. 



* Sometimes ossified. 



t There is a perfect skeleton of this peculiar form in the Cambridge University 

 Museum, which I have examined. 



J I only know the cranial characters of this bird from the plate illustrating 

 M. Milne-Edwards's memoir (Ann. Sci. Nat. [6] vol. vii. art. no. 6). 



