SCOTOCICHLA, p. 522. 



7. CnossLEYiA, p. 523. 



TI.MEr.I.E. 



d'". Distance measured as above less 

 than length of hind toe (with- 

 out claw; ; tarsus uniform, 

 c-^. Mind claw less powerful, not 

 more tjiau half the length of 

 the hind toe ; nostrils shut 

 in with a membrane, in the 

 anterior portion of which the 

 rounded nasal aperture is 



pierced (3 



d^. Hind claw powerful, equal 

 to two thirds of the length 

 of the hind toe ; nostrils a 

 large open slit without any 



overhanging membrane 



h . Wing longer tliau the tail, generally 

 conspicuously so. 

 c". Culuien longer than tarsus or equal 

 to it ; rictal bristles strong. 

 e'". Nasal aperture ovate, sh'iit in for 

 its entire extent by a mem- 

 brane ; gonys nearly straight ; 

 bill as broad at nostrils as it is 



hia-h 



J.,,, -NT " , 



/ . ^asal aperture an oval opening 

 shut in by a superior membrane 

 not attached to the anterior 

 part of the nostril ; gonys di- 

 stinctly curved ; bill higher at 



nostrils than it is broad 9. 



d". Culmen shorter than tarsus;' no 1 10. 



pronounced rictal bristles jn 



e". Culmen shorter than tarsus; rictal 

 bristles more or less evident. 

 ff'". Feet very strong and rather 

 clumsy, falling short of tail by 

 less than leng-th of culmen. 

 e*. BiU higher than broad at 

 nostrils. 

 c\ Bill much cin-ved ; the cut- 

 ting edge of mandible de- 



,, ^}IP'^^ 1 • • • 12. Stachyhis, p. 532. 



a ■ ani more slender and 



straight; cutting-edge of 



mandible straight. 



«^ Nostril shut in by a mem- 



braue, tlie nasal opening 



being round and pierced 



in anterior portion of 



membrane 1;3 



h^. Nasal openings linear, 

 shut in by a longitudinal 

 superior membrane .... 14. 

 ;'. Bill as l)n)ad at nostrils as it is 

 higli ; cutling-edge of man- 

 dible straijrht. 



505 



8. Tatare, p. 524. 



Beenieria, p. 529. 

 Macrosphenus, p. 530. 

 Mystacornis, p. 631. 



TrRDiNus, p. ',30. 

 Drtmoch.tcra, p. 550. 



