1. (EDICNEMUS. 



Fig. 1. — Foot of (Edicnemus oedicnemus, to show scaling, i nat. size. 



Fig. 



-Front and bind aspect of tarsus of (Edicnemus oedicnemus, 

 to show scaling. 



1. (Edicnemus, p. 3. 



18. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Bill shorter than the head, the apical portion 



swollen, forming a marked dertrum, and 

 the apical curve of the genys ascending 

 gently. 

 a'. Tail somewhat short, only equal to the 



length of the head and bill 



b'. Tail much longer, considerably exceeding 



the length of the head and bill 2. Bukhinus, p 



b. Bill as long as or longer than the head, 

 e'. Apical portion of bill slightly swollen, 



forming a scarcely evident dertrum ; the 

 tip of the upper mandible gently curved, 

 and the genys abruptly ascending, the 

 distance from the gape to the angle of the 

 genys exceeding the distance from the 

 latter to the tip of the lower mandible . . 3. Esacus, p. 20. 

 a". Culmen perfectly straight ; angle of genys 

 very abrupt, its distance from the tip of 



lower mandible about equal to its dis- [p. 22. 



tance from the gape 4. Orthohhamphus, 



1. (EDICNEMUS. 



Type. 

 CE. oedicnemus. 



(Edicnemus, Tcmm. Man. d"Orn. p. 321 (1815) 

 Fedoa, Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. $ Birds Brit. Mus. 



P- 28 ( 181 6) (E. oedicnemus. 



Range. Temperate portions of the Palaearctic Region, and nearly 

 the whole of the Ethiopian, Indian, and Australian Regions. South 

 America, from Amazonia and Peru northwards to Mexico and San 

 Domingo. 



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