72 THE GENERA. 



Phcenicopterid^. (Plate xviii.) 

 Phcenicopterus — 2 1 6. 



PlClD^. (Plate xi.) 

 Tail feathers stiff and pointed. 



Gecimis — greenish in colour. 149. 

 Picus — black and white or black and red. 144-148. 

 Tail feathers soft and rounded. 

 lynx — brown and greyish white. 1 50. 



Plataleid^. (Plate xviii.) 

 Platalea — 214. 



PqdicipediDjE. (Plate xxxiii.) 

 Podiceps — 384-388. 



Procellariid^. (Plate xxxiii.) 

 Bill as long as head. 



Bulweria — unspotted brownish black. 395. 

 Bill longer than head. 



Puffinus — bill slender. 391-394. 

 Bill shorter than head. 



Fulmarus — bill indented or curved. 389, 390. 



Procellaria — bill straight to the nail. 396, 397. 



Oceanites — bill small and weak ; tail square ; tarsus plated. 398, 



Pteroclid^. (Plate xxiii.) 

 Syrrhaptes — 268. 



Rallied. (Plate xxiv.) 

 Forehead feathered ; remiges 26. 



Crex — bill shorter than head. 278-281. 



Rallus — bill longer than head. 282. 

 Forehead with a shield. 



Fulica — foot lobes denticulate ; remiges 25. 284. 



Gallinida — foot lobes entire ; remiges 23. 283. 



SCOLOPACID^. (Plates xxvii. xxviii. xxix.) 

 Three toes. 



Calidris — 324. 

 Four toes. 

 Three united as far as second joint. 

 Recurvirostra — remiges 30 ; bill curved upwards. 304. 



Three united near base. 

 Himantopus — remiges 29 ; black wings ; very long legs. 305, 

 Limicola — bill long, flat, and wide in the middle. 313. 

 Macrorhampus — remiges 20; bill long and rounded ; outer web 



of foot larger than inner. 312. 

 ^umenius — bill more than twice as long as head, and curved 



downwards ; 30 remiges. 338-340. 

 Scohpax — bill long, straight, and compressed ; 26 remiges. 30S. 

 Tryngites — bill shorter than head. 325. 



Three in front, two united. 

 Bartramia — remiges 26 ; bill no longer than head ; wings not 



reaching tip of tail. 326. 

 Limosa — remiges 28 ; bill nearly twice as long as nead and 



curving slightly upwards. 336, 337. 



