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DEXTIROSTRES. 



SUB-FAMILY T. 

 Pachycephalix.e.* lite Thick-ltPMds. 



Gen. Chakac- Bill broad at the base and compressed to the tip, which is 

 emarginated; the gape furnished with a few slender In-istles ; the wings 

 moderate and more or less rounded ; the tarsi lengthened and slender; the 

 toes long, with the outer one slightly united at the base to the middle one ; 

 (he claws short and curved. 



Fig. 73.— the ked-bbeasted thick-head. 

 {Pteruthiuti ruficentritf.) 



Many of these birds are peculiar to Australia ; 

 some are met witli in tlie East Indies and in South 

 America; others in New Guinea and the islands 

 of the South Seas. They are generally observed^ 

 solitary or in pairs^ creeping and hopping among 



* TraxvQ-, pachys, thick ; KtcpaXi), cephale, the head ; Thick-heads. 



