( m ) 
Gmllee, 
6. Cariama, Brlss. Mi- 
CRODACTYLrS, Gcoff'. 
DiGfiOLOPHus, Illig. 
Beak large, more 
crook'd, cleft to below 
tlieeye. Fi§. 196. C. de 
Margrave. 
Great toe not reach- 
ing the ground. 
Legs plated , very 
long; toes extremely 
short, a little palmated 
at the base. 
FAMILY III. CULTIROSTRES. 
GENERA AND SUB-GENERA. 
1. Grus, Cuv. Cranes. 
Beak straight, but lit- Legsplated; the great 
tie cleft ; the membra- toe scarcely reaching 
nous nasal canal, broad the ground, 
and concave, occupies 
half the length. 
a. PsoPHiA, Lin, Agamis. 
Trumpeters. 
Beak short. Head and neck cover- Granivorous and fru- 
edwith down only, circle givorous. 
around the eye naked. From America. 
b. NuMIDIG^. NUMIDIAN 
Cranes. 
Beak shorter. Fig. Africa. 
1 99 . Arclea Pavonia , L . 
c. Grus proper. ^ 
Beak as long and long- 
er than the head. 
^ More car^nivorous ; beak stronger • toes larger, 
2. Canceoma, Lin. Boat- 
bills. Savacous. 
Beak resembling Nostrils pierced to- i toes, long, and al- 
spoons joined by their wards the base of the most without mem- 
concave sides; the su- beak, and prolonged in branes. Piscivorous, 
perior mandible with a two parallel furrows 
sharp tooth on each side towards the point, 
of the point. Fig. 192, 
C. Cochlear la. 
