354 CLASS AVES. 



for having the stem of each of its feathers terminated 

 by a corneous narrow lamina, which passes the 

 barbs.* 



Dromas. PaykuU. 



Resemble the last much in general shape, and feet ; 

 but their bill, compressed, and a little swelled at its 

 under base, has the nostrils oval, and its edges unite 

 very well. 



But one species is known, belonging to the shores 

 of the Red Sea and to Senegal. 



Ahyssinian Erody. Lath. Hist. ix. t. 149. Dronms 

 Ardeola. Payk. Mem. de Stockh. 1805. pi. 8.. PI. 

 Col. SQ'2. Dupont. Ann. de Sci. Nat. torn. ix. pl. 

 xlv. Erodia Amphilensis. Salt. Trav. Abyss. Atlas, 

 pl. xxxi. 



With white plumage, and a part of the mantle and 

 wings black. First described by Lord Stanley, in 

 Salt's Travels in Abyssinia, but since noticed by 

 others, and by each as a new bird. 



Tantalus 



Have the feet, nostrils, and bill of the storks ; but 

 the back of the bill is rounded, and its point curved 

 towards the bottom, and slightly emarginated on each 

 side. A portion of the head, and sometimes of the 



* Found in South Africa and Senegal. 



