42 THE FAMILIES. 



GruiDtE (Cranes) — bill moderate ; 33 remiges ; secondaries 



long and pendent ; legs long, middle claw not pectinate. 



285, 286. 

 GlareOLIDjE (Pratincole) — bill short; wings long ; legs short; 



tail forked. 291. 

 UpuplD.ffi (Hoopoe) — erectile crest ; remiges 20. 156. 

 ScoLOPAClD^ (in respect of the Ruff, Bartram's Sandpiper, 



the Godwits, and the genus Totanus) — lonj,' slender bill. 323, 



326-337. 

 Passerid.*; (in respect of certain genera as given in the 



special analysis of that family). 

 Lobed — 

 Podicipj;did^ (Grebes) — lobes pennate and entire ; tail ru- 

 dimentary and downy ; tarsus compressed. 384-388. 

 RALLlDiE (in respect of the Coot and Moorhen, the former of 



which has the lobes broadly scalloped, the latter having them 



straight and narrow). 284, 283. 

 ScolopaciDjE (in respect of the genus Phalaropus) — lobes 



narrowly denticulate. 307. 

 Divided throughout — 



1. Four in front. 



2. Two in front, two behind. 



3. Three in front. 

 Four in front — 



CyPSELID^ (in respect of the genus Cypselus, the Swift . 



138, 139- 

 Two in front, two behind — 



PlClD^ (Woodpeckers and Wryneck)— long bill ; long extensile 



and bristled tongue. 144-149. 

 CucULiD^ (Cuckoos) — long graduated tail. 1 57-160. 

 Three in front — 



Cypselid^ (in respect of the Needle-tailed Swift)— tail feathers 



with sharp spines. 140. 

 CORACllD^ (Roller)— bill compressed ; upper mandible de- 

 curved at tip ; 23 remiges ; tarsus scutellate in front, 



reticulate at back. 1 53. 

 CoLUMBiD^ (Pigeons) — bill deflected, thinnest in middle, 



expanding towards point ; nostrils in soft skin at base of bill; 



feathers without aftershafts ; no down ; second primary 



longest. 263-267. 

 Rallid^ (Crakes, except the Coot and Moorhen)— short stout 



beak ; rounded wings ; large feet ; short legs ; short tail. 



278-282. 

 ScOLOPACIDiE (in respect of the genera Gallinago and 



Tringa) — long slender bill. 309-311, 314-322. 

 PASSERiDiE. 1-137. 



