CAMl'Ol'nAGID.K. 



Bill IjioadtT, the culmen less than 



the tarsus. 

 '. Tail vcrv long, exceeding the tip 

 of the Aviug by nearly three 

 times the length of the tarsus. 



a\ An eye-wattle »>. liOnoTf.s, p. ")8. 



h\ No eye-wattle 7. CAjrporuAOA, p. 59. 



'. Wing very long, the distance 

 between its tip and the end of 

 the tail not twice the length 

 of the tarsus. 

 c\ Tarsus short ; foot weak ; tar- 

 sus less than middle toe and 



claw 8. PERirHocoTu.s, p. 70. 



d^. Tarsus long ; foot stout ; tar- 

 sus exceeding in length the 

 middle toe and claw. 

 «". Wing much longer than the 

 tail, exceeding it by as 

 much as the length of the 

 tarsus ; under tail-coverts 

 long, falling .short of the 

 tail by about twice the 

 length of the culmen or 

 le.ss ; stiffened shafts of 

 rump-feathers very pro- 

 nounced !t. Lalagk, p. 8G. 



i". Wing and tail about equal 

 in length, the difference 

 between them not so gi-eat 

 as the tarsus ; under tail- 

 ooverts short, the distance 

 between them and the tip 

 of the tail much more 

 than twice the length of 

 culmen ; stiffened shafts 

 of rump- feathers not very 

 pronounced 10. Symmobphus, p. 109. 



1. ARTAMIDES. rp^^ 



Artamides, Ilartl J. f. O. 180-5, p. 170 A. bicoior. 



Fange. From the Andaman Islands eastwards through the 

 Malayan peninsula and islands, as well as the Moluccas, to Xew 

 Guinea, the New Hebrides group, and New Caledonia. 



Kei/ fn the SiJeciex. 



a. Without cross bars of black across the ab- 

 domen. 

 «'. General colour uniform above and below ; 

 the under tail-coverts of the same colour 

 as the breast, in rare instances whitish. 



