KEY TO FAMILIES. 



Order VI. Odontoglossce. FLAMINGOES. 



Large red or reddish 

 birds ; bill with toothlike 

 ridges as in some Ducks, 

 the end half bent down- / r& 



ward ; tarsus 12-00 or more 

 in length. . . . Family 

 Phwnicopteridce : FLA- 

 MINGOES, p. 125. 



Order VEI. Herodiones. HERONS, STORKS, IBISES, etc. 



Toes four, all on the same level, slightly or not at all webbed ; lores bare; 

 legs and neck generally much lengthened. 



FIG. 20. 



Fia. 21. 



A. Bill straight and sharply pointed ; inner border of the middle toe- 

 nail with a comblike edge. . . . Family Ardeidce : HERONS, EGRETS, 

 and BITTERNS (Fig. 19), p. 128. 



_Z?. Bill rounded, more or less curved downward ; no comb on the mid- 

 dle toe-nail. 



a. Size large, tarsus over 5-00. . . . Family Ciconiidce: STORKS and 

 WOOD IBISES, p. 127. 



b. Size smaller, tarsus under 5-00. . . . Family Ibididce : IBISES (Fig. 

 20), p. 126. 



C. Bill flattened and much broadened at the end. . . . Family Plata- 

 leidce : SPOONBILLS (Fig. 21), p. 125. 



