KEY TO FAMILIES. 



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Order VI. Odontoglossse.— FLAMmooEs 



Large red or rcddisli 

 birds; bill with tootlilike 

 ridges us in some Ducks, 

 the *nd half bent down- 

 ward ; tarsus 12-00 or more 

 in length. , . . Family 

 Pha:nicoj)teridm : Fla- 

 mingoes, p. 125. 



Order Vll. Herodlomes.— Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. 



Toes four, all on the same level, slightly or not at all webbed ; lores bare; 

 legs and neck generally much lengthened. 



Fia. 20. 



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Fig. 21. 



J. Bill straight and sharply pointed ; inner border of the middle toe- 

 nail with a comblike edge. . . . Family Anlddix: Herons, Eorets, 

 and Bitterns (Fig. 19), p. 128. 



B. Bill rounded, more or less curved downward ; no comb on the mid- 

 dle toe-nail. 



a. Size large, tarsus over 500. . . . Family CkoniidcB : Storks and 

 Wood Ihisi;s, p. 127. 



b. Size smaller, tarsus under 5-00. . . . Fan;ily Ibidida: : Ihises (Fig. 

 20), p. 126. 



C. Bill flattened and much broadened at the end. . . . Family Plata- 

 leidce: Spoonbills (Fig. 21), p. 125. 



