. Birds. Birds. Fig. 84.—Ardea cinerea and young. (From the group in the British Museum. Order XXI. HERODIONES. The Ibises, Spoonbills, Storks, and Herons have long been classed together, though their relations to each other, and to the Phcenicopteri on one side and the Steganopodes on the other, giye rise to a great variety of opinions. All are marsh birds, and resemble Cranes and Limicolse in having lengthened bills, necks, and legs, and all formed, with those types, part of the old order Grallatores or Waders—the G-rallae of Linnaeus. But the Ibises, Storks, and Herons differ widely from Cr
. Birds. Birds. Fig. 84.—Ardea cinerea and young. (From the group in the British Museum. Order XXI. HERODIONES. The Ibises, Spoonbills, Storks, and Herons have long been classed together, though their relations to each other, and to the Phcenicopteri on one side and the Steganopodes on the other, giye rise to a great variety of opinions. All are marsh birds, and resemble Cranes and Limicolse in having lengthened bills, necks, and legs, and all formed, with those types, part of the old order Grallatores or Waders—the G-rallae of Linnaeus. But the Ibises, Storks, and Herons differ widely from Cranes, Bails, Plovers, &c. in anatomy and in their young being helpless when hatched. In this respect and in the characters of the palate, the Herodiones resemble the Steganopodes and the jiccipitrine birds, to which they are more nearly allied than to the schizognathous Limicolse and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Oates, Eugene William, 1845-1911; Blandford, William Thomas, 1832-1905. London, Taylor and Francis
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