TO FA MI I. IKS. 



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Order VI. Otlontoj* 



Large red r 

 bird*; bill with toothlike 

 ridge* M in .->n 

 the end half bent down- 

 ward; taru 12-00 or more 

 In length. . . . Family 

 : FLA- 



FLAMINGOES. 



MIXOOU, p. 125. 



Fio. 18. 



Order VTL Herodioneo. HERONS, STORKS, IBISES, etc. 



Toes four, all on the same level, slightly or not at all webbed ; lore* ban; 

 legs and neck generally much lengthi-m-d. 



Fio. SO. 



Fio. 21. 



A. Bill straight and sharply pointed ; imi.-r \T-\< r of the middle toe- 

 nail with a oornblike edjfe. . . . Family .tnlfiiLr: HEROXS, EURET*, 

 and UITTKKN.I (Fig. 19), p. 188. 



//. Hill munded, more or leas curved downward ; no comb on the mid- 

 dle toe-nail. 

 a. Size large, Umn over 5-00. . . . Family (Ytwii //: STKE* and 



WOOD IBIKKK, p. 127. 

 A. Sire smaller, tawiw under 5-00. . . . Family IbidiJ*: IBIUM (Fif. 



SO), p. 126. 



T. Hill flattened and much broadened at the end. . . . Family Plat*- 

 : SrooMBiLLa (Fig. 21), p. 125. 



