BIRDS. 
ORDER 
GRALLJE. 
TANTALUS. TANTALUS. 
Generic Character, 
Rostrum basi crassum,longis- i 
simum, paulo compressum, ; 
glabrum, recurvum; man- 
dibula superiore basi tri- i 
angulari, versus mediam 
teretiusculam, ad apicem 
emarginatam. j 
Nares oblongae. j 
Fades collumque partim nu- \ 
das, verrucosas. 
Pedes longiores, tetradactyli ; 
digiti anteriores basi mem- 
brana connexi ; pollex in 
terrain insistente. 
Beak thick at its base, very 
long, slightly compressed, 
smooth, recurved ; the 
upper mandible triangular 
at the base, rounded to- 
wards the middle, and 
notched at the tip. 
Nostrils oblong. 
Head and neck in part naked 
and warty. 
Legs long, four-toed, the an- 
terior toes connected by a 
membrane at the base, the 
Jdnder toe resting on the 
ground. 
TANTALUS. Liniie, Lath., Ciiv., Vieil. 
NUMENIUS, Ibis. Briss. 
The Tantali in many respects resemble the Storks, 
particularly in the feet, nostrils, and beak ; but the 
latter is more rounded above, and its point is recurveb 
V. XII. p. I. 1 
