ARDEID.E. 3^1 



Inhabits India, Length from the tip of the beak 

 to that of the tail three feet six inches : beak pale 

 red : head tumid, with soft feathers : the feathers of 

 the tail, quills, scapulars, and breast, acute at the tip ; 

 those of the last long and dependent : the secondary 

 quills very long : sides chesnut black. 



GENUS CCCXXI.— BALEARIC A, Biisson. 

 Generic character: vide Sieph. v. xi. p. 534 — 536. 



Sp. ] , Ba. Pavonina. 



Anthropoides Pavonina. Steph. v. xi. p. 536.— Africa. 



GENUS CCCXXIL— GRUS, Pallas. CRANE. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xi. p. 523. 



GENUS CCCXXIII.— CARIAMA, Brissou. 

 Generic character : vide Sieph. v. xii. \. p. 274. 



FAMILY II.— ARDIED.E. 



Rostrum elongatum, validiusculnm , diversum: alae elongatce : 

 pedes elongati, tetradactyli, digiti basi plus minusve coaliti, aiit 

 semipalmati ; pollex validus, humi incumbe^is, aid prima pha- 

 lange solo insistens. 



Beak elongated, somewhat stout, various in form; the wings 

 elongated : legs elongated, with four foes, the latter more or 

 less united at the base, or semipalmated ; the hind-toe stout, 

 resting on the ground, or the first joint only incumbent. 



The Ardeidae are usually large birds ; they vary 

 greatly in the form of the beak, and have mostly the 

 thighs naked above the knees : they reside in marshy 

 situations, and feed upon frogs and small fishes. 



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