BIRDS. 



XXXI 



67. Dodo 



ORDER VI. STRUTHIOUS. 



* With Four Toes. 



Bill a little compressed on the sides, bent at the tip ; face some- 

 what naked. 



68. Emeu 



G9. Cassowary 



70. Ostrich 



** With Three Toes, placed forwards. 



Bill strait, snb-conic : a knob instead of a back toe. 

 Bill strait, sub-conic. 



*** With Two Toes, placed forwards. 

 Bill strait, depressed, obtuse. 



DIVISION II. WATER BIRDS. 



ORDER VII. WADERS. 



* With Four Toes. 



71. Spoon-Bill - - Bill depressed, spoon-shaped. 



72. Screamer - - Bill hooked at the tip, sharp; 



73. Jabiru - - - Bill inclining upwards, the under mandible thicker, and more stout. 



74. Boat-Bill - - Bill gibbous, the upper mandible shaped like a boat, with the keel 



upwards. 



75. Umhre - - . Bill compressed, carinated, obtuse. 



76. Heron - - - Bill sharp at the end. 



77. Erody - - - Bill strait, somewhat gaping from the middle to the point. 



78. Ihis - - - - Bill bent, with a bare pouch under the throat. 



79. Curlew - - - Bill bent ; the face wholly feathered. 



80. Snipe - - - Bill strait, long, roundish, blunt at the end. 



81. Sandpiper - - Bill roundish, obtuse; hind claw scarcely reaching the ground. 



85. Pratincole - - Bill convex, tip somewhat compressed. 



86. Rail - - - . Bill subcarinated ; body compressed. 



87. Jacana - - - Bill more or less carunculated at the base, 



88. Gallinule • - Bill strait, sharp ; forehead bare. 



