XX11. SYNOPSIS. 



naked above the heel; tarsi slender; toes three 

 or four, long, more or less connected by a mem- 

 brane at the base ; hind toe articulated on the 

 same plane with the front ones, or more elevated. 



Division i. Feet ivith three toes. 



i 



Gen. 54. CEDICNEMUS. Bill longer than the head, 

 straight, strong, slightly depressed at the base, compressed 

 towards the tip; culmen raised near the point; under man- 

 dible angulated beneath : nostrils placed in the middle of the 

 bill, longitudinally slit, and extending nearly as far as the 

 horny portion, open in front, pervious: tarsi long, slender; 

 toes three, directed forwards, united by a membrane as far as 

 the second joint: wings moderate; second quill longest: tail 

 graduated. 



CE. crepitans, Tenim. - v. 2, p. i 



Gen. 5J. CAL1DRIS. Bill moderate, straight, slender, 

 flexible throughout, compressed at the base, depressed at the 

 tip: nasal groove extending nearly the whole length; nostrils 

 basal, lateral, longitudinally slit: tarsi slender; toes three, 

 directed forwards, almost entirely divided: wings moderate; 

 first quill longest. 



C. arenaria, Illiger. - v. 2, p. 4 



Gen. 36. HIMANTOPUS. Bill very long, slender, 

 cylindrical, depressed at the base, compressed at the tip; 

 both mandibles channelled laterally for half their length : 

 nostrils lateral, linear, elongated : legs and tarsi very long, 

 slender ; nearly the whole of the tibia naked ; toes three, 

 directed forwards ; middle toe united to the outer one by a 

 broad membrane, and to the inner toe by a very narrow 

 membrane; claws very small, flat: wings very long; first 

 quill longest. 



H. melanopterus, Meyer. - - v. 2, p. 6 



