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tail more than the length of the 



ciiliuen 3. Axseonax, p. 126. 



h". AVing rounded, the distance between 



the tips of the primaries and the 



secondaries not so great as the 



length of the culmen. 



c'" . Wing not double the length of the 



tail ; no eye-wattle 4. Batis, p. 133. 



d'". Wing more than double the length 

 of the tail, which is very short ; 



round the eye a fleshy wattle . ... 5. Diaphohophyia, p.l40. 

 b'. Bill extremely broad; when measured 

 across the nostrils exceeding the length 

 of the hind toe without claw ; wings 

 very long, falling short of the tail by 

 less than the length of the culmen . . 6. Bias, p. 142. 

 c'. Bill much narrower, when measm-ed 

 across the nostrils much less than the 

 length of the hind toe without claw. 

 c". BiD tolerably broadened, measured at 

 gape equal to or exceeding the 



length of the culmen 7. Automyias, p. 144. 



d". Bill moderately broadened, the 

 breadth of it at gape less than the 

 length of the culmen. 

 e'". Tarsus of varying proportions, but 

 never twice the length of the cul- 

 men. 

 c*. Whigs moderately long, but fall- 

 ing short of the tail by more 

 than the length of the culmen. 

 «'. Second primary shorter than 

 the secondaries, the latter 

 nearly equalling the prima- 

 ries in length. 

 a^. An erect fleshy wattle above 



the eye 8. Platystira, p. 145. 



¥. Without an eye-wattle .... 9. Newtonia, p. 148. 

 h'\ Second primary longer than 

 the secondaries, and some- 

 times approaching the third 

 in length, 

 c". Wing pointed and long, but 

 not reaching as near the 

 tip of the tail as the length 

 of the culmen ; bill toler- 

 ably long, the culmen more 

 than twice the width of 

 the bill at gape; bristles 



scanty 10. Muscicapa, p. 149. 



e?". Wing very much longer, the 

 distance between the tips 

 of the primaries and the 

 tip of the tail not so great 

 as the length of the tarsus ; 

 the culmen not exceeding 

 twice the width of the bill 



