23 



d" 



d^. Crest enormous, the occipital 

 plumes exceeding the length of 

 tlie tarsus ; bill high and curved 

 the depth of the upper mandible' 

 alone almost equal to the breadth 

 of the bill at the base of the fore- 

 head ; culmen less than the tarsus 



in length q 



e^. Crest feebly developed, the occi- 

 pital plumes less than the culmen; 

 bill at base of forehead about equal 

 in breadth and depth ; culmen 

 much less than the tarsus in 



^length ; tail forked 



Wing more rounded, the distance 



between the tips of the primaries 



and the tips of the secondaries less 



than the length of the tarsus. 



f^. Nostrils exposed, with only a few 



superior plumelets. 



a*. Crest enormously developed and 



composed of lanceolate feathers, 



which overhang the mantle, as 



in Pastor : a small bare patch 



behind the eye g 



6*. Crest only moderate, but the 

 bare patch behind the eye occu- 

 pying the greater part of the 



auricular region 9. 



c*. Crest only moderate; bare patch 

 behind the eye large, but not 

 extending over the auricular 

 region ; space below the eye 

 also feathered ; bill broader 



than in Graculipica 3. 



g^. Nostrils overhung and nearly con- 

 cealed by recurved plumes, as in 

 succeeding genus, though not to 

 the same extent 10. 



b. Nasal aperture rounded and situated in 



front of the nasal groove, but almost or 

 quite hidden by thickset plumes ; a dis- 

 tinct median crest or ridge of feathers on 

 the crown, 

 c'. Bill short and stout, the median crest 



starting from the centre of the crown. . 11 



d'. Bill long and curved, the crest startin<^ ' | 4o' 



from the base of the forehead ° ] 41" 



c. Nasal aperture rounded and situated in the 



fore part of the nasal groove, with a pos- 

 terior rather than a superior membrane • 

 bastard-primary rather longer. ' 



Pastor, p. 63. 



7. Stuhnia, p. 68. 



Temenuchus, p. 73. 

 Cteaculipica, p. 76. 



Sturnoenis, p. 5o. 



ACBIDOTHEEES* 



[p. 70. 



Basileornis, p. 95. 

 Fregilupus, p. 194. 

 Neceopsar, p. 19.5. 



wi*chSe ^ ^:^^^:^J^ i;P-- ?' ^-''^^^-. some of 

 the heading of a subgenus. forXb^rp^opteXre'oyS^r. ""^^ 



