CICON'IIP.f.;- Tin-; HTORKS. 



77 



fifUW 



Synopsis of tho American Oenera. 



Si ii-KAMii.v (iCnMlX.i:. Tiik Tiue Stoiiks. 



Euzenura.' Dill innilciatcly hum; >''* ii|i|k'I' ami Inwcr iiuiliiic-!* Htriu;;lit tlirouf^'hout ; 

 t'litii'i* iuMul ami iicik Icjiilirii'il, rxfciit llu' Inivs nml u liaiv Ntrip alnn^' viwh mIiIc ciI' tlu- 

 tliii>al. Ttiil iililin riiitiit mul ilnjilii furknl, llu- |'l'alll(•l'^< viry ri^jid, llu Imnr liiil-canrts 

 iliiinitilnl (cxti'iiiliii;; liuvoiid llu? tnii! tail), uml atijj'mul, »it m Id imi iMc true rcclrica I 

 (Ivjii', Anliii iiKiijiiiiri, (Imki..). 



Myctetia. liiil ('m>riiii>u>ly \in^i^; l\w ttriuinal halt' ivciirvctl. Kntin; head ami nock 

 iiakril, fX('C|it a )iiii;;iiiiiliiial liaiiy (latcli on (lie uucipiit. Tail and tuil-cuvl'l't^< nnrinal 

 (lyiK), Mijiiirin uim riciiiin, (!mki.. ice LiNN.'''). 



Srii-KA.Mii,Y TAXTAMN.K. — Tiik Wimh. ImsKs. 



Tantalus." Adult uitli the wlioh- luad and u|>|>rr hall' of the iiirk naked, tlie skin hnnl 



and Miiity ; crnwn cuvi'icd with a i|nadrate, or suniewhat Nliielil->lia|ied, .'-ninnth hurny 



jil.ite, and skin nf iia])i' liansverscly wiinkleil.or cniinfiated. Niistrils suh-liasal ; tertials 



lidi^'er than iiriniaries, ami with their webs eoiniiact or normal (ty|)e, TitiitaluK lui-iildlor, 



LlXN ). 



Pseudotantalua. Adult with only the fore part of the head naked, the hinder |iaii and 

 entile iiei'k deiiM'lv leathered ; naked skin of lore |iart of lii'ad siiniutli. Nostrils strietly 

 hasal ; tertials sliorter than |iriiiiaries, and with their welis sonu^wliat decomposed. Kill, 

 ll'^^, and tail very iiiueli longer, and IjimiI outliiii; of thu hill of ditrerent contour Cty|a>, 



Titlltillil-'i ilii", Ll.NN.). 



u' Wood lliiscs riirni a very natural j;rou)) of ulxiut live mjxjcIl's, HAiinlly included in the single 

 > TtiiiliilitK, inhaliiliii;;, like their kimlred, the Storks, .Fahirm^, and Adjutants, the warmer 



' (ienus KfXKNniA, Iticljjwiiy. 



I'iitniin (|>iiii), IliMss. Ojii.V. 17i>ii, MO'.t, no. 3. — lloNAi'. t'linsp. II. IS.IO, 104, ct Aucr. 

 ^Irihi (pHll), (!mi.I.. S. N. 1. ii. ir>S, ll'J:!. 



t'lii'iiiini, Itinow. Hull. r. .S. (Icoi. & (Jcoff. Siiivi-y Terr. IV. no. 1, Feb. 5, 1878, 250 (type, 

 Anlin iiiiiiiiiiiri, liMl'.l). 

 Tills f{i'iius i.s very deeuledly ili.stinet from fli.vmiiru, Caiiams (type, Afdni cyxVi/dji, Rodii, ), the only 

 ic'si'inlilaiici' iH'twi'i'ii thi'lii, in aililitinii to the usimi ('leonine elianuters, cuiislstin^ in the hiiiillnr fonii of 

 tin' t^iil. 



* Willie jjiviiiK a niiTcct dlii},'iiosls of his >{i'iiiis .Ui/iit'i-iii, with .1/. iimiriciin<i as ty|H', Mniiieiis (S. N. 

 I, I'tiC), :;:i:!) ilesriiU's lis thr latter, III iiiimistiikiilile terms, the Mrds alti-rwiiril miiiieil Arika muguim 

 liy (iiiiiliii. Till' irrnciic'es jjlveii liy l.iiiiiieiis, however, refer nininly to the true Myclcna I 



' The assciciaiioii of the Tdiiln/imr with the Storks, as lia.s latterly ln'eii done by several aiithoi's, Rcems 

 ft very pl'iiper pinedliili', even the external stnietlire sliowlllfj elearly that such are tlii' tllie nllillities of tho 

 ;;niii|). The iiiteriinl struetinc all'inils still more eoiicliisive testimony to this I'lleet, as the l"ollowiii)» 

 •iilieiiie, adapted Ironi (iaiTiMl (I'lnri'ediiigs of the Zoological SiK'iely of London for 1S7;">, p. 301), may 

 bliDW : — 



CiroNiin.K (including Tualalus). 



1. Skull liolorliliial. 



2. Anglo of the mandible trniieated. 



!i. Pii/iimlis hiiijiir muscle in two layers, — a sii- 

 IxTlieial one, and a deep one, easily .sejNirable 

 from the oilier. 



4. Acimsorii frmnni-fduiltil inusrlo absent. 



5. Similnidiiinxiai iiiiisele ti'iidinous for its distnl 



half. 



6. " Xo slip lonves the ftiVc;w ciibUi muscle to join 



the leitnnr jxiUigii InnifUS." 



Ininin.t: (iiicliiding Plai'iUida), 



1. Skull schi/orliinal. 



2. Angle of the mandible produced nnd recurved. 



3. IWfoniUs mnjiir niuscli' simple, not .seporoble 



into disliiiet layei-s. 



4. Acceiisorii femoro-ciiudiil muscle weil devclojieU. 



5. StmUcndinoxtis muscle niusculnr throughout. 



Ii. " A small niuscnlar Ixdly is sent from the biceps 



c'tliiti to the tendon of the lennor imttigii Imi- 



•• giis muscle." 



Professor Onrrod aiUls to tin- above talinlation of the dingnostic elmmeters of the Vieoniidm nnd Ibididtr, 



that "There nre many other structural jioiiiliarilles, which make it perfectly certain that Tantalus is n 



nioinlier of the Cicnniida; nn<l not an aberrant one, either." 



