Order VII
Herodiones. - HERONS, STORKS, IBISES, etc.
Toes four, all on the same level, slightly or not at all webbed; lores bare; legs and neck generally much lengthened. 2/3 。 2 FIG. 19.
FIG. 20. 3 FIG. 21.
A. Bill straight and sharply pointed; inner border of the middle toenail with a comblike edge. and BITTERNS (Fig. 19), p. 128. ...
Family Ardeidæ: HERONS, EGRETS, B. Bill rounded, more or less curved downward; no comb on the middle toe-nail. a. Size large, tarsus over 5.00.
WOOD IBISES, p. 127. ...
Family Ciconiidæ: STORKS and 6. Size smaller, tarsus under 5.00. 20), p. 126.
Family Ibidida: IBISES (Fig.
C. Bill flattened and much broadened at the end. leida: SPOONBILLS (Fig. 21), p. 125.
Family Platad L C b 12 2 a KEY TO FAMILIES. 気 e e a 12 FIG. 22.