stvoiig-ly curved and with 



110 marked nasal ridge 10. Gecinulus, p. 134. 



d^. Wing very long, reaching to the ^ 



end of tiie tail, or falling short 

 of it by no more than the length 

 of the culmen. 

 c'^'. Plumage of the under surface 

 of the body hair-like, the 

 feathers devoid of barbi- [p- 137. 



CuleS 11 . ASYNDESMUS, 



d\ Plumage soft and ordinary . . 12. Mei^anehpes, 

 h'". Outer posterior toe longer than outer [p- 139. 

 anterior toe. 

 t''. First primary very small, its ex- 

 posed surface not exceeding the 

 length of the culmen or only 

 slightly exceeding it. 

 e*. Tail much longer than or equal 

 to second primary, not less, 

 e*. Nasal shelf very broad ; nasal 

 aperture placed rather low in 

 the maxilla. 

 e'. Chin-angle exposed, never 

 completely hidden by an- 

 trorse bristles. 

 c"*. Bastard - primary very 

 small and not reaching 

 to the end of the pri- 

 mary-coverts 13. Sphyeopicus, 



d^. Bastard-primary longer [p- 187. 



and reaching to the end 



ofthe primary-coverts. . 14. IIypopicus, p. 198. 

 f^. Chin-angle always hidden 

 by antrorse bristles ; a con- 

 spicuous tuft of nasal 

 plumes, 

 e^. Tongue greatly extensile, 

 its tip, when fully pro- 

 truded, reaching about 2.^ 

 inches beyond the point 

 of the bill ; chin-angle 

 almost in a line with an- 

 terior part of nostrils. [p. 201. 



e^ With four toes 15. Dendbocopus, 



f. W'ith three toes 16. Picoides, p. 274. 



/*. Tongue sUghtly extensile, 

 its tip, when fully pro- 

 truded, reaching only J 

 of an inch beyond the 

 point of the bill ; chin- 

 angle considerably in 



advance of the nostrils. 17. Xenopicus, p. 284. 

 f^. Nasal shelf much narrower, 

 the nasal aperti;re as near to 

 the culmen as to the cutting- 

 edge of the mandible 18. Dendhocoptes, 



/\ Tail shorter and never equal to [p. 286. 



the second primary. 



