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Family PODARGIDtE *. 

 [_Cf. Seebohm, Classif. H. p. 21.] 



A. Palate desmognathous. 



B. Basiptervgoid processes absent. 



C. Hallux present and connected with the jie.vov •perforaus di<ji- 



tornm. 



Fig. 44. 



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Ventral aspect of skull of Podanjus dric/oidea (enlarged). Letters as before. 



D. Spinal feather-tract well defined on the neck, but forked on 



the upper back. 



E. Powder-down patches on each side of the rump. 



Genus PODARGUS. 

 \ieillot, Nonv. Dirt. d'Kist. Nat. xxvii. p. 151 (1818). 



Podargus strigoides. 



Caprinmlgus strigoides, Latham, lud. Orn., Suppl. p. 58. 

 Podargus strigoides, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 84 (1805). 



The Tawny-shouldered Podargus. 



* (f. Evton, Osteol. \\. pi. 1 li (skeleton ui I'uf/an/us /t/niirra/is). 



