578 AVES. 



ciliated to the tarsus, and not restiug on the ground ; wings acuminated, the 

 firot quill the longest. 

 Strepsilas coKa;-w.— TurnstODe. Plate xlil fig. 2. Described, vol. iii. p. 



352. 



Genus 9.— G'&V&.— Pallas. 



Generic Character.— B\\\ length of the head, longer in some species, ro- 

 bust, straight, compressed, somewhat obtuse at tip; lateral base of the man- 

 dible deeply fuirowed ; ridge elevated ; nostrils situated in the middle of 

 the bill, closed at the back by a membrane ; ophthalmic region and base of 

 the bill naked, and papillose, or covered with feathers; legs long; lower 

 half of the tibia naked ; feet with three toes before and one behind, the in- 

 termediate one united to the external toe by a small rudimentary membrane, 

 the interior one free ; hallux articulated higher up on the tarsus ; the remi- 

 gcs as long as the quills, the second, tliird, and fourth quills longest 



Grus ctnereo.— Common Crane. Plate xlii. fig. 3. Described, vol. UL p. 

 304. 



GCTJMilO.— ANTHROPOIDES.— Fiej'Koi. 



Generic Character.— BiW about the length of the head, laterally compress- 

 ed, entire, tliick, convex, and furrowed near the point; nostrils concave, 

 ovoid, open, situated in the ridge of the bill, and covered behind by the mem- 

 brane ; tarsus long, smooth, and reticulated ; feet with three toes, united 

 at the base by a membrane, the interior one free ; wings long, first, secoud, 

 third, and fourth quills longer than the others ; the second is prolonged be- 

 yond the first. 



Anthropoides poDonina.— Crowned Crane. Plate xlii fig. 5. Described, 

 vol. iii- p. 318. 



Genus II.— ARAMUS.— FieeV/o*. 



Generic Character.— BiW somewhat longer than the head, straight, hard, 

 and bending slightly at the point ; lower mandible somewhat turned in front 

 and concave behind, angular and pointed ; nostrils lateral, remote from the 

 base of the bill ; legs robust, long ; feet with three toes before, quite divid- 

 ed, with a long hallux resting on the ground, naUs long and bent ; wings 

 medium sized, the tliird quill the longest. 



^/•amM<rco%acea.— The Scolopaceous Heron. Plate xl*. fig. 8. Head, 

 neck, and breast, reddish-fawn colour, the centre of each feather being 

 white ; wings, back, tail, tibial feathers, and crissum, chestnut-brown ; the 

 wiug-coverts spotted with white; throat and cheeks white; irides yel- 

 low ; bill brown ; legs dusky brown. Twenty-five inches long- Inhabits 

 Cayenne. 



GeniLS \2.— A.'D'B.^A.—LinncBus. 



Generic Character. -BiW as long as the head, longer in some species, 

 straight, compressed, and pointed ; upper mandible slightly sulcated, and 

 ridge rounded ; nostrils lateral, situated near the base of the bill, longitudi- 

 nally cleft in the groove, and partly hid by a membrane; orbits and lores 

 naked ; legs long, slender, the lower part of the tibia without feathers ; feet 

 M ith three toea before, the middle one connected with the outer by a short 



