CA11P0PHAGID.E. 7 



B. Bill broadened and rather flat, generally 



furnished with numerous rictal bristles : 



culmen keeled MuscicapidSB, p. 111. 



C. Bill slender, but rather wide and de- 



pressed ; iving long and flat, with a very 

 small bastard primary not more than 

 h<df the length of the second, the latter 

 generally longer than the secondaries. 

 Composed of birds generally migratory. TurdidsB. 



D. Bill much as in preceding family ; wing 



rounded and short, concave, so as to fit 

 close to the body, the birds contained in 

 this family being generally of limited 

 migration TimelildaB. 



E. Bill semi-raptorial, verj' strong, rather 



stout, slightly compressed and toothed 

 near the tip ; nostrils hidden by bristles 

 as a rule ; plumage dense Laniidas. 



F. Bill short and obtuse, not toothed ; 



nostrils hidden by bristles ; plumage 



soft and lax Faridae. 



Family CAMPOPHAGID^. 



Shrike-like birds of soft plumage ; the feathers of the lower back 

 and rump with stiffened shafts in most of the genera*. Bill for the 

 most part stout, moderately hooked and moderately notched, gene- 

 rally thick at the base, rather widened ; the nostrils hidden. Wings 

 in most species lengthened, never short. 



Cf. Sundevall, Ay. Meth. Tent. p. 21. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Bill very large and stout, the culmen longer 



than the tarsus 1. Artamides, p. 8. 



b. Bill only moderately stout, the culmen 



equal to or shorter than the tarsus. 

 a'. Tail forked. 



a". Bill broad, measured at gape equal to 



the outer toe (without claw) 2. Campoch.eba, p. 21. 



b". Bill narrower, measured at gape less 



than outer toe (without claw) 3. Ptkropodocys, p. 22. 



b'. TaU rounded or ouly slightly emarginate, 

 sometimes graduated. 

 c". Bill broad, measured at gape equal to 



the outer toe (without claw) .... 4. Graucaxus, p. 23. 

 d". BUI narrower, measured at gape less 

 th.an outer toe (without claw). 

 «'". Bill long and thin, the culmen 



equal to the tarsus 5. Edolhsoma, p. 42. 



* Sf/mmorphrts is a slight exception to this rule, the shafts of the feathers 

 being less stiffenetl. 



