1 . rOCCYSTKS. 21 1 



i^ Wings shorter, not reach- 

 ing to the ends uf the 

 tail - coverts. Under 

 surface of the wing 

 witli a single oblique 



white bar 8. Cacomantis, p. 205. 



IP. Tail square 9. Misocalius, j). 27!J. 



U\ With the plumage brilliantly 

 uietalllc. iSexos often differ- 

 ing in plumage. 

 t' . Under surface of quills 



havred 10. Chbyso coccyx, 



(P. Under surface of quills [p, 280. 



with a single oblique pale [p. "-l^, 



bar 11. Chalcococcyx, 



h\ Nostrils oval 12. Coccyzus, p. 302. 



il" . Bill much stouter. 



d\ Bill not so broad at base, less 

 compressed and less arched to- 

 wards the tip. Quills : 4th 

 longest or equal to ord, 2nd 

 shorter than the 5th, 1st shorter 

 than the 9th. 

 c\ Cuhnen more evenly curved 

 throughout. Tail more wedge- 

 shaped. Sexes similar 13. Urodynamls, ]>. 313. 



(V. Culmen less curved for the 

 basal half. Tail less wedge- 

 shaped. Sexes dissimilar 14. Ei-dyxamls, p. 315. 



(■'. Bill broader at the base, more 

 compressed and more arched. 

 Quills : 3rd longest, 2nd loiigor 

 than the 5th, Ist about equal 



to <;th 15. MlCKODYNAMIS, 



h . Bill very large and robust, longer than [p, 328. 



the head and longer than the tarsus. 

 (■". Bill smooth, nearly half as long again 



as the tarsus IG. Ehamphomantis, 



d' . Bill very large, and with a lateral [p. 329. 



groove on each side of the culmen, 

 and more than twice the length of 

 the tarsus 17. Scvthhops, p. 329. 



1. COCCYSTES. 



Type. 

 Coccystes, Gloyer, Handb. Xaturg. p. 203 (1842) .... C. glandarius. 

 O.Kylophus, Swains. Classif. li. ii. p. 322 (1837) C. cafer. 



Range. Southorn Europe, Africa, and Tropical Asia. 



Key to the Sjyecies. 

 a. Breast whitish. 

 a'. Wing-feathers -with large terminal spots. . (/liDidan'us, t^. 212. 

 0'. With no spots on the wing. 

 «". With a white collar, and the greater 



portion of the wings rufous coromandus, p. 214. 



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