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PHCENICOPTERI.— ANSEEES. 



T. chlororhynchus. 33". Legs flesh colour. Like T. culminatus, but with an indistinct 

 grey mark in front of the eye. Southern Oceans. 



T. eximius. Similar to T. chlororhynchus, but lower mandible is black. No dark spot 

 behind eye. S. Atlantic Ocean. 



T. cautus. 35". Legs grey. Bill, culmeu yellow, sides grey. Head, neck, lower back, 

 upper tail-coverts, whole under surface, under wing-coverts, and axillaries white. A greyish 

 black mark in front of the eye. Back, wings, and tail ashy. Tasmania. 



T. salvini. 38". Similar to T. cautus, but forehead and crown more grey. New Zealand. 



T. laya/rdi. Allied to T. cautus. Cape seas. 



Also the genus Phcebetria, Sides of mandible with a deep longitudinal groove. Tail long 

 and cuneate. One species — P.fuliginosa, 36", legs hazel, bill black, groove orange, plumage 

 sooty, white ring round eye. Southern Oceans. (B.M. Cat., xzr. 440-455.) 



Order PHOENICOPTERI. 



Bill abruptly bent in middle. Margins of bill laminated. 

 Tarsus scutellated in front and behind. 



Ph(bnicopterus ) 



Ph(ENIC0NAIA8 PLAMINGOES. 



Desmognatbous. 



Order ANSERES. 



Bill straight, with distinct nail at tip of upper mandible. Margins of bill 

 laminated {Mergince serrated). Tarsus reticulated at back, and generally in front. 

 Desmognatbous. Young hatched covered with down and able to run at once. 



Hind toe not lobed 



Hind toe narrowly lobed 



Hind toe broadly lobed . 



