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Science still persists in framing a separate sub-order for 

 that awkward monstrosity of nature the Flamingo, and so we 

 divide the order into two sub-orders. [It should be remarked 

 that most authors place the Flamingo, with the Spoonbills and 

 Ibises, among the Herons]. It seems rather unfortunate that 

 we should be obliged to mar an otherwise symmetrical order 

 for this bird, but there seems to be no help for it. 



Sub-order 1 PHCENICOPTERIDES or Flamingoes 



Greek phoinikopteres, red winged ; Latin the same. 

 With long legs ; stout, curved bill ; long neck ; short tail ; 

 color red. Also called Pseudo- (false) Lamellirostres. 



Sub-order 2 ANSERES or True Lamellirostres 



Latin anser, a swan. 

 The Swans, Geese, and Ducks belong here, and as the order 

 itself fully characterizes these it will not be necessary to re- 

 peat them here. 



ORDER IX STEGANOPODES 



Greek steganos, covered, closed up; pons, a foot. 

 Bill not laminate or membraneous ; hind toe large, on a 

 level with the other toes, and webbed with the inner toe ; feet 

 totipalmate. Nostrils small. Throat with pouch called the 

 gula pouch. The birds of this order are birds having little 

 real likeness either to aDy of the orders which immediately 

 precede or those which follow it, or to each other. That they 

 should conform sufficiently to characterize an order by them- 

 selves, is indeed a surprise ; yet such is the fact. 



ORDER X LONGIPENNES 



Latin longus, long; and penna, a wing. 

 This order is not easy to characterize, though its members 

 all bear a certain resemblance which, of itself, is one of its 

 most constant features. The bill is never extensively either 

 lamellate or membraneous, though it varies strangely and very 

 strongly in many of its individuals, — it can hardly be relied 



