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PRIONOPIDJ;. 



Family PRIONOPID^. 



a. Bill broader than it is liigli 



b. Bill higher than it is broad 



Siihfam. PRIONOPIK.E, p. 270. 

 Suhfam. EURYCEROTIN^, p. 326. 



Subfam. PRIONOPINiE. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Distance between the primaries and the 

 secondaries greater than the length 

 of the tarsus. 

 (/'. Wings short or moderate, falling 

 short of the tip of the tail by more 

 than the length of the culmen ; no 

 eye-wattle. 

 a". Tail square or slightly rounded, 

 shorter than the wing. 

 «'". Fu'st primary moderate ; second 

 primary lonyer than the secon- 

 daries 1. Geai.i.ixa, p. 272. 



6'". First primary moderate ; second 

 primary equal to the secon- 

 daries 2. Tepheodohnis, p. 274. 



c'". First primary equal to the 



secondai-ies 3. Eueocephalus, p. 279, 



6". Tail graduated, longer than the 



wing • 4. PcEOPTEEA, p. 281. 



b'. Wings nearly reaching to the end 

 of the tail, the distance between the 

 tip of the wing and the lip of the 

 tail not so long as the culmen ; 



round the eye a Heshy wattle .... 5. Leptopteeus p. 282. 

 h. Distance between the tips of the pri- 

 maries and the tips of the secondaries 

 less than the length of the tarsus. 

 c'. No fleshy wattle round the eye. 

 e". Without an occipital crest of 

 greater length than the head. 

 d"'. Wing a little longer than the 

 tail, the former not exceeding 

 the latter by as much as the 

 length of the culmen. 

 a*. Inner toe (without claw) 

 longer than the hind toe 

 (without claw). 

 c^. Second primary equal to 

 the secondaries in length, 

 fl". Head with a crest of 



