122 KEY TO FAMILIES 
Order VI. Odontoglossz.— 
FLAMINGOES. 
Long-legged, long-necked, 
red or pink - and - white 
birds; bill bent downward, 
with lateral ridges (Fig. 
may t 
35); toes four, front ones 4 
webbed. With the charac- 
ters of the Order..... ? 
Family Phenicopteride: . 
FLAMINGOES, p. 216. Fia. 35, 
Grder VII. Herodiones.—Herons, Storxs, Is1szs, etc. 
Long-legged, wading birds usually found along shores, on muddy flats 
or in marshes. Herons and Bitterns fly with a fold in the neck; Ibises 
and Spoonbills with the neck straight. Toes four, slightly or not 
webbed, all on the same level; lores bare. 
Fia. 36. 
Fia. 38. 
A. Bill straight and sharply pointed; inner border of middle as 
nail with a comblike edge (Fig. 36); neck curved in flight. 
Family Ardeide: Herons, EGRETS, Birrerns, p. 219. 
B. Bill not sharply pointed, cylindrical or flattened (Figs. 37, 38); 
no comb on toe-nail; neck straight in flight. 
a, Bill rounded, more or less curved downward. 
a. Size large, tarsus over 5°00; whole head bare in adult. ‘é 
Family Cicontide: SrorKs and Woop IBISES, p. 219. 
a’. Size smaller, tarsus under 5°00; face bare (Fig. 37). é 
Family Ibidide: Intszs, p. 218. 
6. Bill flattened and much broadened at the end (Fig. 38), our 
species pink. ... Family Plataleide: REOONEIES, p. 217. 
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