TIMELIID^. 



^. Tarsus shorter than middle toe and 



claw 12. 



«?'. A biuich of long hairs springing from 



the centre of the back 13. 



ff'". Tarsal envelopes with distinct scutes ; 



head much crested 14, 



d". Tarsus longer than culmen. 



h'". Height of bill at uo.^tril not equal to 

 length of the gonys ; nostrils exposed. 

 C". Nostrils oval, bare, with a posterior, not 

 a superior membrane. 

 c'. With no conspicuous nuchal hau's . . 15. 



f". With conspicuous nuchal hairs 16, 



d*. Nostrils oval, with a superior membrane. 

 g\ Bill sen-ated, the edge of the upper 



mandible with minute notches 17. 



k'. Bill not serrated, the mandible with 

 the usual subtermiual notch, 

 c". Bill about equal in height and 

 breadth at the nostrils. 

 c'. Wing shorter tlian the tail, or 

 about equal to it, the diflerence 

 in length not so much as the 

 length of the tarsus, 

 c*. Tarsal envelope with distinct 

 transverse scutes, 

 a''. BUI rather stout and conical, 

 measuring at gape more 

 than the hind toe itself 

 without claw ; bill shorter 



than head 18. 



b^. Bill very long and thin, as 

 long as the head, and mea- 

 suring at gape not so much 



as hind toe and claw 19. 



c*. Bin rather broad, measuring 

 at gape as much as the 



outer toe and claw 20. 



rf'. Tarsal envelope entire, or with 

 a single subterminal scute. 

 J'. BiU rather long and thin, 

 the cidmen exceeding the 

 length of the middle toe 

 and claw ; the gonys per- 

 ceptibly u]>curved. 

 aa. Head more or less 

 crested, but never 

 very conspicuously ; 

 the crest-feathei's 

 less than the tarsus 



in length 21. 



bb. Head very conspicu- 

 ously crested, the 

 long plumes ex- 

 ceeding the length 

 of the tarsus 22. 



Trichopho- 

 [ropsis, p. 88. 

 Thicholestes, 



[p. 89. 

 Alcuhus, 



[p. 91. 



[p. 93. 

 Thachtcomus, 

 Xenocichla, 



[p. 94. 



AXDEOPADUS, 

 [p. 106. 



Chloroci- 



[CHXA, p. 112. 



Phyllostro- 

 [PHUS, p. 115, 



IXONOTUS, 



[p. 118. 



Pycnoxotus, 

 [p. 120. 



[p. 157. 

 Otocompsa, 



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