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Section B. Compressed bill. 



OTIS, (bustard,) bill subconvex ; nostrils oval> 

 pervious ; tongue bifid, pointed ; feet formed for 

 running, three toed, tall, naked above the thighs. 



CHARAKDRIUS, (plover, snipe,) bill roundish, 

 obtuse, straight ; nostrils linear ; feet formed for 

 running ; three toed. 



TRINGA, (sand-piper,) bill roundish, as long as 

 the head ; nostrils small, linear ; tongue slender ; 

 feet four-toed ; the hind toe of one joint, and rais- 

 ed from the ground. 



HAEMATOPUS, (oyster catcher,) bill compressed^ 

 the tip an equal wedge ; nostrils linear ; tongue 

 a third part as long as the bill ; feet formed for 

 running ; three toed, cleft. 



Section C. Coulter -I ill. 



PSOPHIA, (trumpeter,) bill cylindrical, conic, 

 convex, somewhat pointed ; upper mandible lon- 

 ger ; nostrils oval, pervious ; tongue cartilaginous, 

 flat, fringed at the tip ; feet four- toed, cleft. 



CANOROMA, (boat-bill,) bill gibbose, shaped like 

 an inverted boat ; nostrils small, placed in a fur- 

 row ; tongue small ; toes divided. 



ARDEA, (heron, crane, stork, bittern,) bill 

 straight, pointed, long, subcompressed, with a fur- 

 row from the nostrils towards the tip ; nostrils li- 

 near ; tongue sharp ; feet four-toed, cleft, toes 

 connected at the base. 



MYCTERIA, (jabiru,) bill a little bending up 

 wards, sharp-pointed ; upper mandible triangular; 

 front bald ; nostrils linear ; tongue small or none ; 

 feet four- toed, cleft. 



SCOPUS, (umbre,) bill long, thick; compressed; 



