46 KEY TO FAMILIES.

FIG. 22.

Order VIII. Paludicolw.—(‘RANI-:s, RAILS. etc. Toes four; middle me. without :1 cmnli. generally not wuhlwd: hind toe generally small; highur than the f’rrmt mugs, UT, it' on the same level ((lul— linulcs and (hots only), thv bill is then cunnwrutivol)‘ shun and stout and the forehand has a bare shicld; lorcs feathered, ur (Cranes) with hairlikc bristles.

, FIG. 24.

A. Smaller, hill under 3'00. i . . Family [MIN/a : Rum, (lALLIxi'LI—js. and (,‘uU‘I‘H 1 Fig. ‘J'Jr. p. 1:19.

If. Larger. hill m‘vr 3‘00. (1. 'l‘nrsus ovvr 6'00. . . . Family (Iruz'dw: CRANE.“ (Fig. 933. p. 137. b. ’l‘m-sus under 0-00. . . . Family Aramirlw: COI'RLANS (Fig. 24)‘ p. 135.