CLASSIFICATION OF BIEDS. 273 



III. Carinat^. 



a. The vomer broad behind, and interposing between 



the pterygoids, the palatines, and the basisphe- 

 noidal rostrum, 



{JJromoiognatha.^ 

 7. Ttitamomorplia (The Tinamous). 



b. The vomer narrow behind : the pterygoids and pala- 



tines articulating largely with the basisphenoidal 

 rostrum. 



a. The maxillo-palatines free.* 

 i. The vomer pointed in front. 



(SchizognatliiE.) 



8. Charadriomorpiia: ( I'he Plovers). 



9. Cecomorphce (The Gulls). 



10. S/jheniscomorph(e (The Penguins). 



11. Gera7iomorph(e {'Ihe Cranes). 



12. TurnicimorpkcB (The Hemipods). 



13. Alectoromoipkai (The Fowls). 



1-t. Pteroclomorphai (The Sand-grouse). 



15. Peristeromorpha (The Pigeons). 



16. Heteromorphie (The Hoazin). 



ii. The vomer truncated in front. 

 {uEffithognathcE. ) 



17. Coracomorphce (The Passerines). 



18. Ci/pselomorpha: (The Swifts). 



19. CeleomorpkcB (The Woodpeckers). 



p. The maxillo-palatines united. 

 ( Desmogyiatha: .) 



20. AetomorphcB (The Birds of Prey). 



21. Pxittacomorph(B (The Parrots). 



22. Coccygomorphm (The Cuckoos, King- 



fishers, Trogons). 



23. CItenomtrrphcE (The Anserine Birds). 



24. AmphimorpluB (The Flamingoes). 



25. Petargomorpha: (The Storks). 



26. Dysporomiri plm (The Cormorants).! 



* With the exception of Bkholophus and some species of Crax. 

 t Tne subjoined Table, which shows with which of the above groups 

 the old orders of Birds correspond, may be useful to the student :— 



I. — ACCIPITRES-, 



or I — Aetomorplut. 



Uaptores I 



//. — ScANSORES —PsittacomorphcB, Cocct/pomorplia: 



(in part). 



///.— Passeres ] I CoracomorphiE, Ci/pselomorpUa: , 



or >....=.' Celeomorplia, Coccygomorpka\ 



Insessores ) I (in part), 



T 



