Synopsis of Orders and Families. 



•K, V-f 



3(.II -Jy-ovyi above. 



ROSHATE SPOONBILL. 



Family 17. SPOONBILLS. PLATALEID/E. 



Billflattened and much broadened at the end; crown and face bare in adults; toes 

 partly webbed. 



-FACED GLOSSY IBIS. 



Family 18. IBISES. IBIDID/E. 



Bill liini; and curved down; its side with grooves; toes partly webbed. 



WOOD IBIS. 



r^mily If). STORKS AMD WOOD IBISES. CiCONIID/E. 

 Bill stout, without grooves; tarsus reticulate. 



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