580 AVES. 



and under mandibles witli an elevated ridg-e, bordered by a furrow ; nostrils 

 linear, situated near the base of tlie bill ; legs long, slender ; feet with three 

 anterior toes, the exterior ones united by a short membrane ; hallux arti- 

 culated on the same level as the claws ; wings rather long, first and second 

 quills longest. 



Anastomus Coromaridelianns. — Coromandel Anastomus. Plate xl*. fig. 4. 

 White; wings below the middle feathers iridescent-black; ophthalmic re- 

 gion black ; irides orange ; bill and legs yellow. Fifteen inches long. In- 

 habits India. 



Genus 17.— SCOPUS.— .Brmon. 



Generic Character. — Bill compressed, bent at the tip ; upper mandible 

 with an elevated ridge and a groove under it, lower mandible with a pro. 

 duced ridge extending half its length ; nostrils oblique near the base of the 

 bill ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; feet with tiiree anterior toes, the 

 outer ones connected by a membrane the length of the first joint ; hallux 

 resting on the ground ; wings of medium length, third, fourth, and fifth 

 quills longest. 



Scopus umbretta.— The Tufted Umber. Plate xlii*. fig. 5. Yellowish 

 umber-coloured, paler below ; head surmounted by a large pendulous 

 tuft of loose feathers ; tail with several transverse broken bands ; throat 

 gray ; bill lead-coloured ; legs dusky. Twenty inches long. Inhabits 

 Africa. 



Genus IS.— VUCE^lCOVTERlJS.—Li7mtmis. 



Generic Character.— Bi\i thick, strong, deeper than broad, naked at the 

 base ; the npper mandible nearly straight about half its length, where it is 

 slightly arcuated, and from whence it suddenly beuds downwards to within 

 about two thirds its length, where it becomes suddenly hooked, and termi- 

 nates with a lanceolate point ; the under edge corresponds somewhat in form 

 with the upper side, where it is sharp and cutting ; from nearly the base, 

 rises a notched ridge which traverses the middle of the mandible and ends 

 near the tip, beneath this it is hollowed, with some waved striae next the 

 base ; under mandible waved and arcuated above and beneath, with a longi- 

 tudinal ridge in its centre, suddenly drawn to a point at tip, when closed, 

 the under mandible envelopes the upper one the length of the ridge ; nostrils 

 oblong, ovate, longitudinal, situated near the base of the bill ; legs very 

 long, with three anterior toes webbed to their points ; the hallux small, ar- 

 ticulated high on the tarsus ; wings of medium size, the second quill the 

 longest. 



Phosnicopterus ruber. — The Red Flamingo. Plate xliii. fig. 4. Described, 

 vol. iii. p. 336. 



Genus 19.— RECURVIROSTRA.— ZinntSMJ. 



Generic Character. — Bill very long, slender, and weak, depressed, and 

 retrousse at the point ; upper mandible longitudinally channelled, and the 

 under one laterally ; nostrils linear, situated near the base of the bill, elon. 

 i,ated ; legs long, and strong in proportion to the weight of the bird ; lyet 

 with three anterior toes, united their whole length ; hallux short, articu- 

 latcd high on the tarsus ; wings acuminated, the first quill longest. 



