a TlMELIIDiE. 



Subfamily I. BRACHYPODIN^. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Nostrils exposed, not hidden by bristles. 

 a', Eictal bristles scanty, not extending beyond 

 the hinder edge of the nostril. 

 a". "Wings rounded; the distance between the 

 tips of the primaries and the tips of the 

 secondaries less than the length of the 

 tarsus. [p. 4. 



a'". Bill shorter than tarsus 1. ^githina, 



b'". Bill equal to tarsus 2. Aethoehyn- 



[CHUS, p. 13. 



c'". Bill longer than the tarsus 3. Chxoeopsis, 



b". "W'iugs more pointed ; the distance between [p. 15. 



the tips of the primaries and the tips of the 

 secondaries more than the length of the 

 tarsus. [p. 35. 



d'". Tarsus plain in front 4. Hypsipetes, 



e'". Tarsus scutellated in front 5. Ixocencla, 



b'. Rictal bristles more strongly developed and |_p. 44. 



reaching beyond the anterior edge of the 

 nostril, 

 c". Culmen longer than tarsus, or equal to it. 

 f". Tarsal envelope without transverse scutes, 

 or with only a snbterminal one. 

 a*. Nostrils oval, with a distinct superior 

 membrane, which usually shuts in the 

 nasal opening, and reduces it to a 

 narrow slit. 



ff'. Tail square 6. Hemixus, p. 48. 



Zi\ Tail rounded. 



«^. BiU long and rather broad, broader 



than high at nostrils : feathers of 



head pointed, and forming a more 



or less distinct crest. 



a'. Without a banded tuft of feathers 



on the lower back 7. Iole, p. 54. 



6^. On each side of the lower back a 

 large tuft of conspicuous fea- 

 thers, banded with black and 

 white, 

 a'. With no wattle roimd the eye. 8. Pixahocichla, 

 6*. With a fleshy wattle round the [p. 61. 



eye 9. Poliolophtjs, 



?>". Bill stouter, shorter, and more co- [p. 63. 



nical, higher than broad at nostrils ; 

 feathers of head roimded; no 



crest 10. MiCHOPUS, 



I*. Nostrils rounded ovals and more open, [p. 64. 



the membrane very large posteriorly, 

 lea^-ing the anterior opening much ex- 

 posed, 

 c'. No long hairs springing from the centre 

 of the back, 

 c*. Tarsus longer than middle toe and [p. 70. 



claw 11. CniN'iGEB, 



