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d^°. Upper and under 

 tail-coverts falling 

 short of the end of 

 the tail by more 

 than the length of 

 the tarsus ; tail 

 decidedly- gradu- 

 ated ; inner second- 

 aries notelongated. 29. Stictopteha, p. 313. 

 e'. Tail rounded and graduated to such an 

 extent that the difference between the 

 outer and centre tail-feathers is as 

 great as the length of the tarsus ; the 

 centre tail-feathers not produced or 

 pointed. 

 i". Secondaries not nearly as long as the 

 primaries; cutting-edge of upper 



mandible festooned 30. Nigrita, p. 314. 



k". Secondaries as long as the primaries ; 

 cutting-edge of upper mandible 

 practically straight ; bill very small, 

 the exposed chord of the culmen not 

 more than the length of the inner [p. 319. 



toe and claw 31. Spor^ginthus, 



f. Centre tail-feathers produced and point- 

 ed, but the tail itself wedge-shaped, not 

 greatly graduated, bo that the differ- 

 ence between the outer and the centre 

 feathers is not so great as the length of 

 tarsus. 

 I". Bill swollen and rounded, the culmen 

 strongly arched ; upper and lower 

 mandibles about equal in depth. 

 e'". Tail moderately long, not exceed- 

 ing the wing by as much as the 

 tarsus with the middle toe and 

 claw; the claws much straight- 

 ened 32. MuNiA, p. 326. 



f". Tail moderately long, not exceed- 

 ing the wing by as much as the 

 length of the tarsus with the mid- 

 dle toe and claw ; the claws much 

 rounded ; white shaft-lines ou the 



dorsal plumage 33. Uroloncha, p. 355. 



</'". Tail very long, exceeding the wing 

 by as much as or more than the 

 length of the tarsus with the mid- 

 dle toe and claw ; claws straight- 

 ened 36. Bathilda, p. 374. 



m". Bill more slender and straighter ; 

 upper mandible deeper than the 



under one 35. ^gintha, p. 372. 



ff'. Tail produced and pointed, the centre 

 feathers elongated, so that the distance 

 between tlie outer and centre feathers 

 is greater than the length of the tarsus. 

 n". Tail graduated, the two centre fea- 

 thers longest, but not produced to a 

 thread-like point 34. Aidemosynk, p. 368. 



