ILIORNIS. 
peculiar coloration, Erythroscelus has the bill proportionately longer and more 
slender than any of the other species included in Totanus by Sharpe, while 
the tarsus is more than one-third the length of the wing and about twice 
the length of the middle toe. 
The genus Totanus differs from Iliornis as above diagnosed in having a 
stouter bill and shorter legs. The grooves in the culmen of both mandibles 
extend more than half the length of the bill, while in Iliornis and 
Erythroscelus the metatarsus is less than one-third the length of the wing 
and less than twice the middle toe. 
The species T. ilavipes seems to fall easily into the genus Iliornis. 
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