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ARDEID.E. 



GENUS CCCXXIV.— ARAMUS, Vieillot. COURLAN. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xi. />. 539. 



GENUS CCCXXV.— ] 



Rostrum capite longius, cras- 

 siusculum, rectum, elon- 

 gato-conicum, acumina- 

 tum, acutum,compressum : 

 mandihulcE subsequales ; 

 maxilla utrinque sulco 

 lato profundo, antrorsum 

 evanescente, exarata ; cul- 

 mine basi distincto, in 

 apicem sensim deflexo. 



Nares in sulco basi sitae, 

 lineares, longitudinales, 

 superne membrana tectse, 

 pervige. 



Lingua linearis, convexa, in- 

 tegra, acuta. 



Caput et lora plumata. 



Alee tuberculat^. 



Cauda mediocris. 



Pedes grallarii, elongata, 

 congrui, tetradactyli, semi- 

 colligati; hallux phalan- 

 gemdigitimedii eequam, in- 

 cumbens: ungues breves, 

 falculares, acuti, medius in- 

 terna integerrima : tarsus 

 digito medio vix longior. 



Acropodia scutellata. 



i:URYPYGA. Illiger. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 rather thick, straight, elon- 

 gate-conic, acuminated, 

 sharp, compressed : the 

 mandibles nearly equal ; the 

 maxilla with a deep broad 

 groove on each side, eva- 

 nescent anteriorly ; the cul- 

 men distinct at the base, and 

 sensibly deflexed at the tip. 



Nostrils placed in a groove 

 at the base, linear, longi- 

 tudinal, covered above by 

 a membrane, pervious. 



Tongue linear, convex, intire, 

 acute. 



Head and lores plumose. 



Wings tuberculated. 



Tail moderate. 



Legs for wading, elongated, 

 congruous, four-toed, ra- 

 ther strangulated: the hind 

 toe equal to the joint of the 

 middle, incumbent : claws 

 short, falcate, acute: the 

 middle internally intire: 

 tarsi scarcely longer than 

 the middle toe. 



Acropodia scutellated. 



