72 CLASS II. ORDER V. 
a little hooked ; nostrils linear, oblique ; feet four- 
toed, cleft. 
er kus. (ibis,) bill long, subulate, roundish, 
subarched ; face naked; tongue short, broad ; 
jugular pouch naked ; nostrils ov al ; feet four- toed, 
pulminate at the base. 
PLATALEA, (spoon-bill,) bill long, thin, the tip 
dilated, orbicular, flat ; nostrils RAE Te at the base 
of the bill ; tongue short, pointed ; fort-four toed, 
semi-palmate. 
Cornrira, (racer,) bill short, straight, without 
teeth ; thighs longer than the body ; feet four- 
toed, palmate, the hind toe not connected. 
Section D. Long-bill. 
ScoLopax, (snipe, woodcock, curlew,) bili 
roundish, obtuse, longer than the head ; nostrils 
linear ; face covered ; feet four-toed, hind toe 
consisting of many joints. 
Recurvirostra, (yelper, scooper, avoucet,) bill 
depresscd, subulate, recurved, pointed, flexible at 
the tip ; feet palmate, four-toed, the hind toe not 
connected, very short and placed high up ; nos- 
irils narrow, pervious ; tongue anh 
Section EK. Long-tced. 
Parra, (Gacana,) bill tapering, somewhat ob- 
iuse ; nostrils oval, in the middle of the bill; front 
covered with lobate caruncles ; wings spinose. 
‘Vaeinatis, (sheath-bill,) pill strong, thick, co- 
nic-convex, upper mandible covered above with a 
moveable horny sheath ; nostrils small, before the 
sheath ; face naked, papillose ; ; legs steané g, four- 
toed, naked above the knees ; ; claws grooved. 
