CCXIV 
GENERAL INDEX. 
tarsus, and raised from the ground ; a large portion of 
the libia naked. 
Hooping Crane, (G. Americana) - . - . yiii 20 
GENUS ARDEA. 
Bill long, strong, straight, compressed, sharp-point- 
ed, upper mandible slightly channelled; nostrils linear; 
orbits and lores naked ; feet long, outer and middle toes 
united by a membrane as far as the first joint, the hind 
toe placed on a level with the rest ; claw of the middle 
toe pectinated. 
Herons. 
Blue Heron, {A. carided) 
vii 
122 
Demi-Egret H. {A. leiicogaster) 
viii 
13 
Great Egret H. {A. egrettd) 
vii 
111 
Great H. {A. herodias) 
viii 
28 
Little White H. (A, CaroUnensis) 
vii 
125 
Bitterns. 
American Bittern, (.5. minor) 
viii 
35 
Green Bittern, {A, virescens) 
vii 
102 
Least Bittern, {A, exilis) 
viii 
37 
Night Heron, {A. nycticorax) - 
vii 
106 
Yellow-crowned H. {A, violaceo) 
viii 
26 
GENUS PHCENICOPTERUS. 
Bill large, strong, toothed, bent as if broken, naked 
at its base, lower mandible wider than the 
upper ; nos 
