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tliii'd, and exceeding the 



length of the secondaries 



by as much as the length 



of the hind toe. 



(f^. Bill long- and thin, the 



length of the culnien 



equal to threa times 



the breadth of the bill 



at the nostrils 27. Hyliota, p. 247. 



l?. Bill broad, the euluien 

 equal to only twice the 

 breadth of the biU at 



nostrils 28. Xanthopygia, p. 249. 



f". Tarsus extremely powerful, more 

 than twice the length of the 



ciilmen 29. Tarsigeb, p. 254. 



h. Wings shorter, falling- short of the tail by 

 more than the length of the tarsus. 

 iV. Wings about equal to the tail in length, 

 e". Second primary longer than the 

 secondaries ; bill moderately broad, 

 measuring at the forehead not nearly 

 as much as the inner toe without 

 its cla'u*. 

 g"'. Ileivi crested ; bill stout and 

 brodder than it is high at the 

 base of the forehead ; rictal bris- 

 tles insignificant, and not reach- 

 ing beyond the anterior edge of 



the uos'tril 30. Lioptilus, p. 262. 



h'" . Head not crested; bill thin iind 

 long, nearly straight, and only 

 slightly decurved at the tip ; rictal 

 bristles strongly developed and 

 springing from both mandibles, 

 far extending beyond the anterior 

 edge of the nostrils ; bill rather 

 broadened, wider at base of fore- 

 head than it is high, 

 e*. Nostrils rounded, in a groove, 



with no superior membrane. . . 31. Oreicola, p. 263. 

 f^. Nostiils linear, in a groove, and 



shut in by a membrane 32. Stexostira, p. 267. 



i". Head not crested ; bill stouter, 

 with strongly curved gonys and 

 culmen; rictal bristles insignifi- 

 cant, and not extending beyond 

 the anterior edge of the nostril; 

 bill rather compressed, about equal 

 in height and breadth at the base 



of the forehead 33. Parisoma, p. 268. 



/". Second primary about equal to the 

 secondaries ; bill narrow, with nu- 

 merous and strong bristles reaching 

 for two thirds of the length of the 



bill 34. Aethomtias, p. 271. 



y" . Second primary equal to the secon- 



