406 



d''. Bill higher than it ia broad at 



the nostrils Hyphantornis. 



a. With scarlet back and under 

 surface ; hen Sparrow- 

 like 49. FouDiA* p. 432. 



/3. "With grey belly aud rufous 



under tail-coverts 50. Nelicurvitts*, p. 436. 



y. With yellow as the predomi- 

 nating colour 51. Hyphantornis*, 



S. With chestnut as the pre- [p. 437. 



vailing colour 52. Cinnamopteryx*, 



f. With yellow as the pre- [p. 471. 



vailing colour ; bill very 



obtuse 53. Ploceella *, p. 474. 



f. Male entirely black ; female 



olive 54. Melanopteryx *, 



7). Plumage black and i-ed, or [p. 476. 



black aud orange 55. Malimbus*, p. 477. 



d*. Nostril rounded aud exposed, 



the nasal plumes reaching to 



the posterior edge; no nuchal 



hairs. 



e'. Hind claw curved, but not 



particularly strong, not equal 



to hind toe 56. Nesacanthis, p. 483. 



/■\ Hind claw strongly curved 

 and very stout, equal to hind 



toe 57. Pjloceus, p. 487. 



b'". Culmen flattened at base, and 

 sometimes crested. 

 e^. Nostrils overhung by nasal 

 plumes at the base, these reach- 

 ing to the nasal aperture .... 60. Histurgops, p. 505. 

 f^. Nostrils not approached by the 

 nasal plumes, but ovate and 

 exposed, 

 jr'. Bill very distinctly curved, 

 the angle of the culmen more 

 curved than the ascending 



angle of the genys 61. Dinemellia, p. 506. 



A'. Bill more pointed, the curve 

 of the culmen about equal to 

 the ascending angle of the 



genys 62. Textor, p. 508. 



h'. Bill metallic blue, with an orange 

 tip ; culmen gently rounded ; bill 



deep, like that of a Grosbeak 58. Spermospiza, p. 498. 



. Chin-angle square ; bill very deep and 

 like that of a Grosbeak ; culmen ridged 

 and produced backwards beyond the 

 middle of the eye 59. Amblyospiza, p. 501. 



* These subgenera might all be eousidered as belonging to Hi/phantor'nis, 

 the structure appearing to be identical. The style of plumage is, however, 

 rather peculiar in each case, and I have therefore recognized seven subgenera 

 for the sake of convemence. 



