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TIIK ISIliDS OI'- KASTKItN NOKTII AMEIilCA. 



Greater part of plumiige, wliite ; l)ill, rouudeil aud somewliat curved, 

 very thick and strong; tarsus, (ilwaijs orcr fire inches long; toes, four, all 

 on same level; no comh-Vl-e edi/e on irnii-rsiilr nf miildle tor nail. 



Family CICONIID^. Storks and Wood Ibises. 



See page 8,s. 



Bill, long, i-ather slender, and decidedly curved 

 downward; larsvs, alwnijs less than Jim inehes lon<i ■ 

 toes, four, all on the sauK! level ; no comb-like edge on 

 side of middle toe nail. Family IBIDID/E. Ibises. 



.See page 87. 



Bill, wide and flat at the end; toes, four, all on same level; wing 

 Wj^ ' '^'^"■'''""* '" "-'P)' <'V'^'' t^^'^lve inches long. 

 ^^■^y" Family PLATALEID/E. Spoonbills. 



-,-^^- .^- ^«e page 86. 



