. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . Fig. 21. A. Bill straight and sharply pointed; inner border of the middle toe-nail with a comblike edge. . Family Ardeidce: Herons, Egrets,and Bitterns (Fig. 19), p. 128. £. Bill rounded, more or less curved downward ; no comb on the mid-dle toe-nail. a. Size large, tarsus over 5-00. . Family Ciconiidm: Storks andWood Ibises, p. 127. b. Size smaller, tarsus under 5-00. . Family Ibididce: Ibises (), p. 126. C. Bill flattened and much broadened at the end. . Family Plata-leidce: Spoonbills (Fig. 21), p. 125. 46 KEY TO Order VIII. Pa
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . Fig. 21. A. Bill straight and sharply pointed; inner border of the middle toe-nail with a comblike edge. . Family Ardeidce: Herons, Egrets,and Bitterns (Fig. 19), p. 128. £. Bill rounded, more or less curved downward ; no comb on the mid-dle toe-nail. a. Size large, tarsus over 5-00. . Family Ciconiidm: Storks andWood Ibises, p. 127. b. Size smaller, tarsus under 5-00. . Family Ibididce: Ibises (), p. 126. C. Bill flattened and much broadened at the end. . Family Plata-leidce: Spoonbills (Fig. 21), p. 125. 46 KEY TO Order VIII. Paludicolae.—Cranes, Rails, etc. Toes four; middle toe without a comb, generally not webbed- hind toegenerally small, higher than the front ones, or, if on the same level (Gal-Imules and. Coots only), the bill is then comparatively short and stoutand the forehead has a bare shield; lores feathered, or (Cranes) withhairlike bristles.
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