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nares tubulares : pedes brevissimi, validi : squamee tarsi parviilse, 

 scabrae : digiti exteriores membranula ad basira connexi, internus 

 fissus : ungues fere detriti. 



119. Jliynochorinoe. Rostrum crasse, conicum : digiti mediocres : alae 

 acutse, falcatee. 



48. PsoPHiD^. Rostrum breve, subfornicatum : digiti antici membrana eon- 



juncti ; pollex satis excultus. 



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



pollex robustus, fere totus insistens : aloe amplse, bicalcaratee. 



121. Gruince. Pedes longi, graciles, scutati ; digiti mediocres; pollex 

 minutus, vix solo apice insistens : alae amplse, breves, concavse. 



49. ArdeidjE. Rostrum longum, validum : pollex longus, pluribus articulis 



solo incumbens : alee magnee. 



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

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

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

 elevatus. 



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



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

 unguis medius serratus. 



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

 maxilla inanis secantes mandibulse margines operiens. 



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



dato : pedes seraipalmati. 



50. TANTALiDi^s. Rostrum prselongum, arcuatum : facies implumis : pollex 



longus, solo fere totus incumbens. 



126. Tantalince. Rostrum apice obtuso rotundato, marginibus contractis 

 secantibus : pedes elongati, digitis anticis membrana conjunctis. 



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



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

 vix insistens aut nullus : alae longoe, acutse : cauda brevis. 



127. Tringince. Rostrum vel longissimum vel breviculum, apice laevi- 

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

 simus aut nullus. 



