ANAXIN.5;. 143 



/'. Tertials or inner second- 

 aries sickle-shaped; up- 

 per and under tail- 

 coverts reaching- beyond 

 the tail; central tail- 

 feathers not lengthened 

 beyond the tip of the 



lateral ones 28. Eunetta, p. 218. 



(y. Tertials or inner second- 

 aries not sickle-shaped, 

 but straig-ht. 

 if. Bill not fringed with a 

 soft membrane near 

 the tip of the apical 

 portion. 

 g^". Lamellse of the upper 

 mandible quite pro- 

 minent; central tail- 

 feathers scarcely ex- 

 tending beyond the 

 lateral ones ; specu- 

 lum black out- 

 wardly, white in- 

 wardly 29. Chaulelas-mus, 



h> . Lamellfe of the upper [p. 221. 



maudible scarcely 

 prominent; central 

 tail-feathers more or 

 less acuminate and 

 extending some- 

 what beyond the 

 lateral ones. 

 A". Bill small, and 

 gradually taper- 

 ing towards the 



tip m. JLabeca, p. 227. 



e". Bill moderate, not 

 gradually tapering 

 towards the tip, 

 where it is more 

 rounded and com- 

 paratively broader 

 than in Marecn; 

 scapulars and ter- 

 tials longer and 



narrower 31. Nettion, p. 2-38. 



h\ Bill fringed on the 

 edges of the apical 

 portion of the upper 

 mandible with a nar- 

 row soft membrane. 

 i^". Lamella? extremely 



developed ; wings [p. 287. 



apt for flight 34. ti,ASMONETTA, 



y°. Lamellfe moderate ; 



wings very small, [p. 289. 



useless for 'flight .. 3-5. Nesonetta, 



