SYNOPSIS. xxi. 



Gen. j/. GLAREOLA. Bill short, convex, compressed 

 towards the point; upper mandible curved for about half its 

 length: nostrils basal, lateral, placed obliquely: legs bare of 

 feathers a little above the heel; tarsi long and slender; claws 

 long and subulate: wings very long; first quill longest. 



G. torquata, Meyer. - - v. i, p. 363 



ORDER XII. CURSORES. 



BILL moderate or short: legs naked above the heel; 

 tarsi long; toes two or three, directed forwards. 



Gen. 52. OTIS. Bill as long as the head, or shorter, 

 straight, conical, compressed, or slightly depressed at the 

 base; upper mandible arched towards the tip: nostrils oval, 

 open, placed a little from the base: legs naked above the 

 heel; tarsi long; toes three, directed forwards, short, united 

 at the base, and edged by a membrane: wings of moderate 

 length; third quill longest. 



* Bill compressed at the base. 



O. Tarda, Linn. v. i, p. 367 



O. Tetrax, Linn. v. i, p. 371 



jj. CURSORIUS. Bill shorter than the head, 

 depressed at the base, slightly arched and bent downwards at 

 the tip, pointed: nostrils oval, covered above by a small pro- 

 tuberance: tarsi long, slender; toes three, very short, almost 

 entirely divided; inner toe half the length of the middle one; 

 claws very small: wings moderate; second quill longest. 



C.visabellinus, Meyer. - - v. i, p. 373 



ORDER XIII. GRALLATORES. 



BILL various, generally straight, long and conical, 

 compressed, rarely depressed : legs generally 



