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daries in length; bill very broad, 

 measuring at the forehead as much 

 as tlie inner toe without its claw ; 

 the bristles extending a httle over 

 half its length ; feet very stout, the 

 wing not three times the length of 



the tarsus 35. Chlobopeta, p. 272. 



A". Second primary not as long as the 



secondaries; bill very broad, and 



measuring at the forehead as much 



as the inner toe without its claw. 



li"'. Bill stout, curved and very plainly 



notched, the upper mandible armed 



with a few strong black rictal 



bristles, the lower mandible with 



scarcely any bristles at all. 



g^. Head with sc;ile-like velvety 



plumes ; no tufts of feathers on 



the sides of the head 36. Hypothymis, p. 273. 



A*. Head with a. long tuft of feathers 

 springing from each side of the 



occiput 37. Cyanomyias, p. 278. 



V". Bill very weak, strongly hooked 

 at the tip ; bristles numerous and 

 hiding the nostrils, springing in 

 equal profusion from the lower 

 mandible as well as the upper ; [p. 279. 



feet very weak 38. Chelidorhynx, 



i'\ Second primary not as long as the 

 secondaries; bill long, distinctly 

 notched, moderately broad, but not 

 measuring at the forehead nearly as 

 much as the inner toe without its 

 claw. 

 wi'". Bill rather narrow and long, mea- 

 suring across the nostrils less than 

 the hind claw ; bristles not reach- 

 ing to half the length of bill .... 39. Todopsis, p. 280. 

 n". Bill long but broad, measuring 

 across the nostrils as much as hind 

 claw ; bristles reaching to more [p. 284. 



than half the bill 40. Chenobhamphus, 



c'. With the tail longer than the wing. 

 A". Tail graduated, the two centre feathers 

 not exceeding the next one by as 

 much as the length of the culmen. 

 o'". Tarsus longer than the culmen. 

 i^. Wing rounded, the distance be- 

 tween the tips of the primaries 

 and the tips of the secondaries 

 less than the culmen. 

 y. Tail strongly graduated, so 

 that the distance between the 

 outer and the middle feathers 

 is equal to the tarsus. 

 f. Bill very broad, long, and 



