94 TIMKLIID.i:. 



/■'". Under tail-coverts short, not reaching to 



half the length of the tail ; tail-feathers 



narrower, their breadth not equal to the 



hind toe. 



e*. Tail not so strongly graduated; the 



outside tail-feather long and siu-passing 



the under tail-coverts by as much as 



the length of the tarsus. 



c^ Bill rather long and slender, slightly 



higher at nostrils than it is broad . . 11. Eubyptila, 

 d'\ Bill very stout, higher at nostrils than [p. 116. 



broad 12. Ehopophilus, 



(1^. Tail very strongly graduated, the out- [p. 116. 



side tail-feather only just reaching be- 

 yond the under tail-coverts and nearly 

 hidden by them. 

 e^. Second primary shorter than secon- 

 daries ; rictal bristles tolerably well 

 pronoiuiced. 

 a^. Outstretched feet not reaching be- 

 yond the under tail-coverts ; tail 

 very long, the feathers perceptibly 

 broadened towards their ends ; 

 wings falling short of tail by as 

 much as the length of the bird's 



body 13. Laticilla, 



b^. Outstretched feet reaching beyond [p. 1 18. 



the under tail-coverts ; tail long, 

 but not exceeding the tip of the 

 wing by as much as the length of 

 the bii'd's body ; tail-feathers not 



perceptibly broadened 14. Ellisia, p. 120. 



f'. Second primary equal to or a little 

 longer than secondaries ; rictal bris- 

 tles very small 15. Megaxueus, 



ff'. Second primary much longer than [p. 122. 



secondaries ; six very strong and [p. 130. 



distinct rictal bristles 16. Ch^tohnis, 



d'. Wing and tail about equal in length 17. Calamocichla, 



e'. Wing much longer than the tail. [p. 131. 



a". Tarsus strongly scutellated 18. Calamonastes, 



[p. 133. 

 h". Tarsus entire 19. Ohigma, p. 135. 



1. SPHEN(EACUS. 



Type. 

 Sphenceacus, Sfrickl. P. Z. S. LS41, p. 28 S. africanus. 



Range. Confined to South Africa, New Zealand, and the Chat- 

 ham Islands. 



Key to the Species. 



a. With no spots on the throat. 



«'. Throat white or yellowish white, separated 

 from the cheeks by a distinct moustache of 

 black. 



