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GRALLATOEES. 



Family PH^NICOPTERIDjE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Ph^nicopterus. fLinnceus.J 



Generic Characters. — Beak thick, strong, deeper than broad, 

 toothed, conic near the point, naked at its base; superior 

 mandible bent abruptly, and curved at the point, upon the 

 lower mandible; lower mandible much deeper and thicker than 

 the upper. Nostrils longitudinal, in the middle of the beak, 

 pierced from side to side, situated in a furrow, and covered 

 by an opercular membrane. Legs very long; the three anterior 

 toes united nearly to the claws by a membrane hollowed out 

 in front ; the hind toe very short, and articulated on the tarsus 

 at a point opposite to the articulation of the middle toe; claws 

 broad, short, obtuse; wings middle-sized; tail short; neck very 

 long. , 



KOSY FLAMINGO. 



Plicenicopterus antiquorum. 



Phcemcofterus antiquorum, 

 ruber. 



bonapabte; 1838. 

 Temminck; 1840. 

 LiNN^us. Latham ; 1790. 

 Gmelin. Temminck ; 1820. 

 CuviEE: 1829. 

 Lesson; 1831. 

 Pallas. Degland. 

 Keysekling et Blasius. 



