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MR. W. A. FORBES ON THE 



[May 17, 



PLATALEIDiE. 



Ibis rubra 



Platalea ajaja '.. 

 leucorodia 



Grrus cinerea 



americana .... 



australasiana . 



Aramus scolopaceus. 



Charadriid.e. 



Numenius arquatus . 

 pbreopus 



Recurvirostra avocetta 



Triuga canutus 



cinclus 



jEgialites hiaticula 



Eudromias morinellus. . 

 Vanellus (cristatus ?) .. 



Machetes pugnax 



HiBmatopus ostralegus.. 

 Himantopus nigricollis 

 Limosa melanura 



Parrid^. 



Metopidius albinucha . 

 indicus 



Parra jacana 



Hydropbasianus cbirurgus. 



TCRNICID^. 



Turuix lepurana 



Hemipodius varius 



? 



Dromas ardeola ^ 



Chionis alba 



Attagis gayi 



Tbinocorus rumicivorus 



■ dorbignyanus 



Cursor! us gallicus 



Glareola pratincola 



Occipital 

 foramina. 



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IIHINOCHETID.E. 



Rhinocbetus jubatus 

 Eurypyga belias 



Mesitib^. 



Mesites unicolor*. 



Basiptery- 

 goid pro- 

 cesses. 



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^ Sometimes ossified. 



^ There is a perfect steleton of this peculiar form in the Cambridge Uniyer- 

 sity Museum, which I Lave examined. 



^ I only know the cranial characters of this bird from the plate illustrating 

 M. Milne-Edwards's memoir (Ann. Sci. Nat. [6] vol. vii. art. no. 6). 



