380 AVES. “2 ; 
is the most known species. It is very large; ‘whites eng and © 
neck naked, and invested with a black skin, the lower part of 
which is reds a few white feathers on the occiput only; beak and 
feet black. Found along the borders of ponds and marshes in 
South America, where it preys upon reptiles and fish.(1) 
Scopus, Briss.(2) 
The Umbres are only distinguished from the Storks by a éompress- 
ed beak, whose trenchant ridge is inflated near the base, and whose 
nostrils are continued by a groove, which runs parallel with the . 
ridge to its end, the latter being slightly hooked. Only one species 
is known, ‘* @ 
Scop. umbretia, Enl. 796; Vieill. Galer. 250 (The mbre), ’ 
which is the size of a Crow, and of an umber colour. The 
occiput of the male is tufted. Found throughout Africa. ‘ a 
f Hrans, Lacep.—Anastomus, Illig. 
These birds are only separable from the Storks by a character of * 
about equal consequence with that of the Jabiru. Their two man-* 
dibles only come in contact at the base and point, leaving an inter- ' * 
val between the middle of their edges. Even this seems to be the ~ 
result of detrition, for the fibres of the horny substance of the beak, ~ 
which appear to ve been worn away, are very visible. 
They are from the East Indies. One is whitish, Ardea pon- 
ficeriana, Gm., Enl. 932; and Vieill. Gal. 251, and the other a ‘ 
brown-grey,—.rdelia coromandeliana, Sonner. \t., 11,219. The ~ 
quills of the wings and tail are black in both. Perhaps the 
last one may be the young of the first. A third, of an irised- 
black, Bec-owvert a lames; An. lamelliger, Tem. Col. 236, is re- 
markable because the stem of each of its feathers terminates in 
a narrow horny plate, which extends beyond the barbs. The 
Dromas, Paykull, ) 
Strongly resembles the preceding birds, having the same feet and | 
carriage, but its compressed beak, the under part of which is some- 
what inflated at base, is perforated by oval nostrils, and its edges 
join closely. 
Dromas ardeola, Payk., Stockh. Mem., 1805: pl. 83 Col. 362. 
The only species known. Its plumage is white; part of the 
(1) Add, Myc. senegalensis, Lath., Vaill. Gal. 255, from which the Ciconia 
ephippirhyncha, Rupp. Av- 3, only differs in being drawn from the recent specimen, 
and showing two tufts or bobs at the base ofthe beak. 
(2) Scopus, from Sxczec, sentinel. 
