KEY TO FAMILIES. 



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Order VI. Odontoglosste.— Flaminqoes. 



Large red or reddish 

 birds ; bill with toothlike 

 ridges as in some Ducks, 

 the end half bent down- 

 ward ; tareus 12-00 or more 

 in length. . . . Family 

 Phcenioopteridce ; Fla- 

 mingoes, p. 125. 



Fio. 18. 



Order Vll. Herodiones.— Hebons, Stoeks, Ibises, etc. 



Toes four, all on the same level, slightly or not at all webbed ; lores bare; 

 legs and neck generally much lengthened. 



Fig. 20. 



Fig. 21. 



A, Bill straight and sharply pointed ; inner border of the middle toe- 

 nail with a oomblike edge. . . . Family Ardeidm : Hekons, Egeets, 

 and BiTTEENS (Fig. 19), p. 128. 



J3. Bill rounded, more or less curved downward ; no comb on the mid- 

 dle toe-nail, 

 u. Size large, tarsus over 5-00. . . . Family Ciconiidce : Stoeks and 



Wood Ibises, p. 127. 

 6. Size smaller, tarsus under 5-00. . . . Family IHdidce ; Ibises (Fig. 

 20), p. 126. 



C. Bill flattened and much broadened at the end. . . . Family Plata- 

 ieidos : Spoonbills (Fig. 21), p. 125. 



