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TlIK lUUD.S OK KAbTEUX NOliTII A.MKKK-A. 



Greater part uf plutnajje, white; bill, rounded and soiuewhat curved, 

 very tliick and strouj;'; t(tr.si(s, alwdijs over Jire indies luiuj ; toes, four, all 

 on same level; no comh-like ahje on inner side of middla toe nail. 



Family CICONIID/E. Storks and Wood Ibises. 



St'c page ss. 



Bin, loiijj;, rather slender, and decidedly curved 

 downward; tnrsns, (tlwdija less than five inches lnn<i : 

 toes, tour, ail on tii<' same level ; no (Munh-like ed^c on 

 side of middle toe nail. Family IBIDID/E. Ibises. 



See pai^c S7. 



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l>ili, wid(! and flat at the end ; toes, lour, all on same level; wini; 

 eari)us to tip), over twelve inches loni;. 



Family PLATALEID/E. Spoonbills. 



See l^age Nd. 



