ORALLY. 
Family  11.  Aedeid.^. 
The 
fourth  Subfamily, 
CICONINiE,  or  Storks, 
the  Biu  1 , 
^cute  1 ^^^gthened,  usually  straight  and  conical,  with  the  sides  compressed  to  the  tip,  which  is 
’ the  0-nTlTr„  1 , „ , , . , . , , 
*^P®iiiQ(,  V ascending;  the  Nostrils  lateral,  pierced  in  the  substance  of  the  biU,  with  the 
^suall  ■'  Wings  long  and  . 
V Covered  ‘+1 
ba  i*eticulated  scales:  the  Toes  moderate,  with  the  anterior  toes  more  or  less  united 
ample : the  Tail  moderate  and  broad : the  Tarsi  lengthened,  and 
the  hind  toe  long,  elevated,  and  partly  resting  on  the  ground. 
%lor 
Dromas  Payh.* 
latera,]^  head,  and  straight,  with  the  culmen  gradually  sloping  to  the  tip,  which  is  acute  ; 
at  straight,  the  sides  compressed,  and  the  gonys  very  long,  ascending,  and  much  angu- 
groove,  and  covered  posteriorly  by  a membrane. 
ino  nostrils  placed  in  a broad  short 
*0  9/H  ova]  • o 7 x j j ^ 
71  , ^P'^’^ing  exposed.  Wings  long,  with  the  second  quill  the  longest.  Tail  moderate  and 
iiiite: 
-finr.  * compressed,  and  covered  in  front  with  transverse  scales.  Toes  long,  with  the 
aiirl  P^tmated  to  the  end  of  the  toes,  but  much  indented  in  the  middle ; the  hind  toe  long, 
parti 
y resting  on  the  ground. 
^ Tile  typ  p 
S^nus  is  found  in  India  and  North  Africa.  It  frequents  the  shores,  examining  the  retreating  tide 
''■Annals  whicli  constitute  its  food. 
'**h.  ITi„.  Vetensk.  Stockl.  1805.  p.  188.  t.  8.,  PI.  col.  362.  — Erodia  amphilensis  Stanl.  Salt’s  Trav.  Abyss,  iv. 
-c.  01  B.  ix.  pi.  149. 
^ill 
CicoNiA  Linn.'\ 
j the  s’  1 strong,  with  the  culmen  keeled  and  straight  towards  the  tip,  which  is 
‘'^the 
‘'^ubst^  ^^^pressed,  and  the  gonys  long  and  gradually  ascending ; the  nostrils  lateral,  and  pierced 
qu’ll^  opening  linear  and  small.  Wings  long  and  ample,  with  the  third 
oqual  and  longest.  Tail  short  and  broad.  Tarsi  twice  the  length  of  the  middle  toe. 
t Establt^^f  Paykull  in  1805.  Erodia  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  (1814)  is  synonymous. 
y LinnKus  in  1735.  It  embraces  Sphenorhynchus  of  MM.  Hemprich  and 
Ehrenberg. 
