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SYNDACTYL.E. 



SUB-FAMILY III. 



ErHVLAiMiXzE.* The Boathills. 



Gen. Chakac. — Bill large, more or less depressed, and extremely broad at the 

 base, with the culmen curved, and the sides gradually compressed to the 

 tip, which is slightly emargiuated ; the gonys long and ascending ; the 

 nt)8trils lateral, more or less near to the base, and exposed ; the wings 

 moderate, with the third and fourth quills equal and longest ; the tail gene- 

 rally moderate, graduated, or forked ; the tarsi short ; and the toes long, 

 with the lateral ones unequal, and the outer toe united to the middle one for 

 some distance. 



Fig 113 — the collared eukylaimus. 

 {Enrijluimng ochromaluti.) 



These birds are found in India and tlie neiglibour- 

 ing islands : tliey reside in small flocks in the humid 



* ti'pvQ, eurus, 'broad; \aijioQ, laimos, tlie throat. 



