42 THE FAMILIES. 



Gruid^ (Cranes)— bill moderate ; 33 remiges ; secondaries 



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



285, 286. 

 Glareolid^ (Pratinco'e)— bill short; wings long ; legs short; 



tail forked. 291. 

 UpupiD/E (Hoopoe) — erectile crest ; remiges 20. 156. 

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



the Godwits, and the genus Totanus)—\or\i slender bill. 323, 



326-337. 

 Passerid^ (in respect of certain genera as given in the 



special analysis of that family). 

 Lobed — 

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

 dimentary and downy ; tarsus compressed. 384-388. 

 Rallid^ (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. 

 bcOLOPACID^ (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/E (in respect of the genus Cypselus, the Swift . 



138, 139- 

 Two in front, two behind — 



r'lCiD^ (Woodpeckers and Wryneck) — long bill ; long extensile 



and bristled tongue. 144-149. 

 CucuLiD^ (Cuckoos) — long graduated tail. 157-160. 

 Three in front — 

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



with sharp spines. 140. 

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

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



reticulate at back. 153. 

 CoLUMBiDiE (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. 

 SCOLOPACID/E (in respect of the genera Gallinago and 



Trhjq^a] — long slender bill. 309-311, 314-322. 

 Passerid^. t-137. 



