. The structure and classification of birds . Fig. 197.—SyrinxLeptoptilusWeldon). Family CiconiidsB.—I include in this family not only thetrue storks but also the wood ibises {Tantalus). Gaerod ^ Histoire Naiurelle, dc, de Madagascar, Oiseaux, p. 514.^ F. E. Beddakd, Notes on the Convoluted Trachea of a Curassow (No-thocrax urumutum), and on the Syrinx in certain Storks, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 321. HEEODIONES 423 contrasted Ibis and Platalea on the one hand with Ciconiaand Tantalus on the other, on account of the followingdifferences:— Ihis and Platalea Skull sohizorhinal, angle of man-dible produc
. The structure and classification of birds . Fig. 197.—SyrinxLeptoptilusWeldon). Family CiconiidsB.—I include in this family not only thetrue storks but also the wood ibises {Tantalus). Gaerod ^ Histoire Naiurelle, dc, de Madagascar, Oiseaux, p. 514.^ F. E. Beddakd, Notes on the Convoluted Trachea of a Curassow (No-thocrax urumutum), and on the Syrinx in certain Storks, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 321. HEEODIONES 423 contrasted Ibis and Platalea on the one hand with Ciconiaand Tantalus on the other, on account of the followingdifferences:— Ihis and Platalea Skull sohizorhinal, angle of man-dible produced. Pectoralis major single. Accessory femorocaudal present. Semitendinosus muscular through-out. Biceps slip present. Ciconia and Tantalus Skull holorhinal, angle of mandibletruncated. Pectoralis double. Accessory femorocaudal absent. Semitendinosus tendinous fordistal half. Biceps slip absent. To which I add the form of the syrinx. These collec-tively appear to me to justify this separation. The true.
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