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nares tubulares : pedes brevissimi, validi : squamae tarsi parvulie, 

 scabrse : digiti exteiiores membranula ad basim connexi, internus 

 fissus : ungues fere detriti. 



119. Thynochorinœ. Rosti-um crasse, conicum : digiti médiocres: alcP 

 acutie, falcatfe. 



48. PsopHiD.E. Rostrum breve, subfornicatum : digiti antici membrana con- 



juncti; pollex satis excultus. 



120. Palamedeimv. Pedes validi, crassi, reticulati ; digiti longissimi ; 



pollex robustus, fere totus insistens : alœ amplœ, bicalcaratae. 



121. Gruinœ. Pedes longi, graciles, scutati ; digiti médiocres; pollex 

 minutus, vix solo apice insistens : alae amploe, breves, concavœ. 



49. Ardeid^. Rostrum longum, validum : pollex longus, pluribus articulis 



solo incumbens : alœ magnte. 



122. Ciconime. Rostrum crassum, conico-elongatum, vix ante oculos 

 fissum, rectissimum, culmine juxta medium depresso ; maxilla Isevi : 

 caput plus minus implume: unguis médius integer; pollex a solo 

 elevatus. 



123. Ardeinœ. Rostrum longum, rectissimum, conico-elongatum, com- 



pressum, sub oculos usque fissum ; maxilla utrinque longe sulcata : 

 unguis médius serratus. 



124. Cancromince. Rostrum breve, enormiter latissimum, naviculare ; 

 maxilla inanis sécantes mandibulee margines operiens. 



125. Plataleime. Rostrum longum, planum, apice valde dilatato, rotun- 



dato : pedes semipalmati. 

 60. Tantalid^. Rostrum praelongum, arcuatum : faciès implumis : pollex 

 longus, solo fere totus incumbens. 



126. Tantalinœ. Rostrum apice obtuso rotundato, marginibus contractis 

 secantibus : pedes elongati, digitis anticis membrana conjunctis. 



51. ScoLOPACiD^. Rostrum elongatum, gracile, molliculum ; sulco nasali fere 

 ad apicem rostri continuato ; rictus minimus : pollex brevis, gracilis, 

 vix insistens aut nullus : alœ longœ, acutse : cauda brevis. 

 12/. Tringince. Rostrum vel longissimum vel breviculum, apice Isevi- 

 gato, baud crassiculo : digitus médius tarso brevior; pollex brevis- 

 simus aut nullus. 



