CLASS II. ORDER Y. ii 
Section B. Compressed bill. 
Oris, (bustard,) bill subconvex ; nostrils oval, 
pervious ; tongue bifid, pointed ; feet formed for 
running, three ioed, tall, naked above the thighs. 
CuHararprivs, (plover, snipe,) bill roundish, 
obtuse, straight; nostrils linear; fect formed for 
running ; three toed. 
TrinGa, (sand-piper,) bill roundish, as long as 
the head; nostrils small, linear ; tongue slender; 
feet four-toed ; the hind toe of one joint, and rais- 
ed from the ground. 
Harmaropus, (oyster catcher,) bill compressed, 
the tip an equal wedge; nostrils linear ; tongue 
a third part as long as the bill; feet formed for 
running ; three toed, cleft. 
Section C. Coulter-bill. 
Psopuia, (trumpeter,) bill cylindrical, conic, 
convex, somewhat pointed ; upper mandible lon- 
ger; nostrils.oval, pervious ; tongue cartilaginous, 
flat, fringed at the tip ; feet four-toed, cleft. 
Cancroma, (boat-bill,) bill gibbose, shaped like 
an inverted boat ; nostrils small, placed in a fur- 
‘vow; tongue small; tees divided. 
ArpEA, (heron, crane, stork, bittern,) bill 
straight, pointed, long, subcompressed, with a far- 
rew from the nostrils towards the tip ; nostrils li- 
near; tongue sharp; feet four-toed, cleft, toes 
connected at the base. 
Mycrenia, (Gabiru,) bill a little bending up- 
wards, sharp-pointed ; upper mandible triangular; 
front bald ; nostrils linear ; tongue small or none ; 
feet four-toed, cleft. 
Scopus, (umbre,) bill long, thick, compressed, 
