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Show 1867.] PROF. HUXLEY ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 439 and curvature as in the Lamellirostral birds ; in Platalea and Lbis, while still recurved, it is much shorter and more Plover-like. The Ciconiida; and Ardeidce have the maxillo-palatines disposed as in the foregoing group. There are no basipterygoids ; the angle of the jaw is not prolonged and bent upwards ; and the palatine bones are united for a considerable distance behind the posterior nares (fig. 19). Fig. 21. Under and side views of the skull of Phalacrocorax carbo. The letters as before, a. The palatine crest. |