328 



TIMELIID^. 



stretclied feet reaching to end 



of tail i^4. Stactocichla, 



/**. Nostrils linear, -with a very distinct [p. 449. 



superior membrane. 

 i'. Legs strong, but not so powerful 

 as in the preceding genera, the 

 outstretched feet falling far 

 short of the tail. 

 ^^ Head very strongly crested . . 29. AcTiNODUEA,p.463. 

 A". No crest ; bill stout. 



If. No bare space round the eye. 

 i^. 1st primary short, not 

 equal to length of tarsus; 

 upper tail-coverts very 

 long, falling short of tip 

 of tail by once and a 

 quarter the length of the 



tarsus 30. Neocichia, p. 468. 



k^. 1st primaiy equal to or 

 exceeding length of tar- 

 sus ; upper tail-coverts 

 falling short of tail by 

 more than twice the 

 length of the tarsus. . . . 31. 



i'. Sides of face bare 32. 



k'. Legs very strong, the out- 

 stretched feet reaching to the 

 tip of the tail. 

 i^. Wing Pipit-like, the inner 

 secondaries produced, so as 

 to nearly equal the primaries 



in length 38. 



k^. Wing not so pointed or Pipit- 

 like, the inner secondaries 

 not much longer than the 

 rest of the secondaries .... 39. 



Ceatehopus, p. 469. 

 JiIthocichxa, 



[p. 484. 



Cincloehamphus, 

 [p. 498. 



CaIAM.'VNTHUS, 



[p. 501. 



b. Bill deeper at nostrils than it is broad. 



c". Nostrils exposed, with a .^lightly pos- 

 terior operculum ; a notch in man- 

 dible ; a huge crest 25. 



d". Nostrils exposed, with large superior 

 operculum ; no notch, n mandible ; a 



moderate crest 26. 



e". Nostrils hidden by plumes. 



e'". Rictal bristles very strong ; bill 

 rather longer. 

 «*. Tail long, perceptibly exceeding 

 the length of the wing ; out- 

 stretched feet falling short of tail 

 by twice the length of the tarsus. 27. 

 /:'. Tail moderate, ouly slightly ex- 

 ceeding the wing in length ; out- 

 stretched feet falling short of tail 

 by not more than the length of 

 the tarsus 28. Ueyonastes,p.454. 



Geammatoptila, 



[p. 450. 



Melaxocichla, 



[p. 451. 



liHINOCICHLA, 



[p. 452. 



