7. HiANS, Lacep. Anas-i 
TOMUs, Illig. Open- 
beaks. 
Mandibles join only 
at their base and points, 
having a void interval 
in the middle of their 
edges, appearing to be 
partly the effect of de- 
trition. Fig. 205. 
( 70 ) 
Grallce. 
East-Indies. 
Nostrils as Ciconia. Part of their head 
bare. 
8. Tantalus, Lin. 
Beak as Ciconia, but 
the back rounded, the 
point curved, and sli ght- 
ly notched on each side. 
Fig. 206. 
9. Platalea , Lin. 
Spoon-bills. 
Beak long, flat, broad, Nostrils oval, and 
like a spatula; tongue pierced near the origin 
small. Fig. 214. of slight furrovrs pro- 
ceeding from the base 
to the end of the beak. 
FAxMILY lY. LONGIROSTRES. 
Legs reticulated. 
eENERA AND SUB-GENERA. 
1. ScOLOPAX. 
a. Ibis, Cuv. (1) 
Beak arched, weaker Nostrils pierced to- Part of the head or 
than that of the Tanta- w^ards the back of the neck bare ; exterior toes 
without notch at the base, and prolonged in a well palmated at the 
point, almost square at furrow to the end. base ; great toe long e- 
the base. Fig. 208. S. nough to rest on the' 
Rubra. ground. 
b. NuMENius, Ciw. Cres- 
cent-beaks. Curlews. 
Beak arched, round Furrow of the nostrils 
in the whole length , very short, 
weaker, the upper end 
passing the lower. Fig. 
213. 
(1) M. Guvier (Reclwrclws sur les Ossemens Fossiles, t. 1. p.) shews the Ibis saeer 
of the Egyptians to be the Numenius Ibis or Tantalus OEthiopicus of Latham, Fig. 
209 ; Fig. 210 was drawn from the head of a mummy found at Thebes, and now 
in the Gallery of the Museum at Paris 5 Fig. 207 is from one of the temples in 
Upper Egypt. 
