GRALLiR. 
Family  11.  ARDBiDiE. 
Ord 
third  Subfamily, 
ARDEIN.^,  or  Herons, 
the  Bill 
the  01^  less  lengthened,  and  generally  acute,  with  the  gape  extending  beneath  each  eye  ; 
^^Qibran  ' ^ tl^®  lateral  groove,  with  the  opening  usually  longitudinal,  and  partly  closed  by  a 
■ th  Wliigs  usually  long,  and  the  first  quills  more  or  less  graduated : the  Tail  short  and 
and  tong,  slender,  and  covered  with  transverse  scutellations  or  reticulated  scales : the  Toes 
'^^ited  t slender ; the  outer  toe  usually  united  at  the  base ; sometimes  both  toes  are 
Ite  base  for  some  distance. 
Eurypyga  III* 
Iona 
^^^^ginat°d  slender,  straight,  with  the  culmen  straight  but  slight,  bent  at  the  tip,  which  is 
^®^§th  Qf  ’ nostrils  lateral,  basal,  and  placed  in  a deep  groove  which  extends  two  thirds  of  the 
th  with  the  opening  linear,  and  partly  closed  by  a membrane.  Wings  long  and  ample, 
fourth  quills  equal  and  longest.  Tail  long,  broad,  and  slightly  rounded.  Tarsi 
’^Qan  the 
Ihe 
^Ute  naidddle  toe,  slender,  and  covered  in  front  with  transverse  scales.  Toes  long  and  slender ; 
to  than  the  inner,  and  united  by  a membrane ; the  latter  one  is  free  at  the  base ; the 
short 
and  rather  elevated ; the  claws  short  and  curved. 
of 
® ®Peciea 
Xh, 
^Yerg,  found  in  the  warmer  parts  of  South  America,  where  they  frequent  the  inundated  places  and  borders 
^ agility  continuous  and  rapid ; and  they  are  also  capable  of  running,  especially  in  sandy  places,  with 
^'^'aialg ; ® crops  of  those  specimens  which  have  been  examined  were  found  to  contain  small  crustaceous 
s+...  birds  are  also  supposed  to  feed  on  fish  and  other  kinds  of  animals  that  are  found  in  the  margins  of 
mong  the  interlaced  and  low  br 
® formed  with  mud.  The  female  lays  two  eggs. 
thattg^^'-eams.  it 
Qest  in  f among  the  interlaced  and  low  branches  of  trees,  within  five  or  six  feet  of  the  marshy  ground. 
1.  5 
7S2.  ■ — Scolopax  Solaris  Bodd.  ; 
2.  E.  major  Hard.  Cat.  Brem.  Mus,  p.  108. 
« 
Established  by 
Illiger  in  1811  (^Prod.  Mam.  ef  Av.  p.  257.). 
Helias  of  Vieillot  (1816)  is  synonymous- 
