THB UEBOMS AND BOATBILIiS. US'* 



Suborder Hebodh.— HEROJiTS AND BOATBILLS. 



The Herodii contain two families, distinguished by the follovv- 

 characters : • 



a.' Bill lanoe-shaped, or oomHressed, narrow, and pointed. Its lateral outlines nearly 

 straight, the gonys several times longer than the width of the under mandi- 

 ble ArdeidEe. 



a? Bill shaped like a broad inverted boat; its lateral outlines much bowed, and the eonys 

 not longer than width of under mandible ., Cochleoriidae, 



The OochleariidcB are, not represented in our fauna, being 

 peculiar to tropical Americaj 



