LORICULUS. 295 



"Female. — 'No gular red patch, lores and cheeks l>hie. (Museum 

 Eothschild.)" (Salvadori.) 



"Commoi) in the scattering trees between the town of Sulu and the 

 hills back of it. Found about flowering trees in Tawi Tawi. Bill of 

 ddult birds coal black. 



''Seven males from Tawi Tawi measure, 148 in length; wing, 90; tail, 

 49; culmen, 14;. tarsus, 10; middle toe with claw, 17. Six females from 

 Sulu measure, length, 144; wing, 93; tail, 50; culmen, 13; tarsus, 11; 

 middle toe with claw, 19. Iris black; legs and feet light to dark brown; 

 nails black; bill black in adults, yellow in immature birds." (Bourns and 

 Worcester MS.) 



Order OORACIIFOHMES. 



rROGMOUTHS, ROLLERS, KINGFISHERS, HORNBILLS, BEEBIRDS, GOATSUCKERS, 



AND SWIFTS. 



Claw of hind toe shorter than that of third toe; two toes united for 

 their basal joint; or, if toes are free, then the feet small and weak and 

 gape deeply cleft. Toes usually three in front, one behind; in some, 

 two in front and one behind; rarely, four in front and in pairs. Bill 

 large and with a horny crest, often bright red in color, when not red the 

 surface more or less sculptured (Bucerotes) ; or, bill long, straight, 

 tapering, and sharp, usually red or black (Halcyones) ; or, bill slender 

 and gently curved, tail long (Meropes) ; or, bill stout, gape wide (Coracise 

 and Podargi) ; or, bill minute and weak, gape wide and deeply cleft 

 (Caprimulgi and Micropodii). This order is an extremely unsatisfactory 

 one as its members have few external characters of ordinal value. The 

 suborders Caprimulgi and Micropodii seem to be particularly out of place. 



8uhorde7-s. 



a^. Bill large and strong, or very broad at base, or long and sharp; culmen greater 

 than tarsus. 

 6^. Bill verj' large, crested, or sides plicated, or both; birds of large size. 



Bucerotes (p. 326) 

 6^ Bill long or broad, neither crested not plicated, 

 c'. Bill long and tapering to a sharp point. 



(P. Middle tail-feathers not greatly prolonged; culmen straight or nearly so. 



Halcyones (p. 303) 

 d^ Middle tail-feathers greatly prolonged; culmen gently decurved for its 



entire length Meropes (p. 339) 



c^. Bill short and wide; width at base more than half of culmen. 



d}. Nostrils exposed; colors black, blue, and bluish green in large masses. 



Coracise (p. 301) 

 <P. Nostrils hidden by stiff feathers; colors white, blackish brown, and 



rufous-brown in spots and vermiculations Podargi (p. 2%) 



o'. Bill small and weak, deeply cleft; culmen much less than tarsus (except in 

 Bemiprocne) . 

 6^. Wings when folded not reaching tip of tail ; wings mottled and spotted with 



black and shades of reddish brown Caprimulgi (p. 342) 



v. Wings when folded reaching beyond tip of tail; wings blackish or steel-blue, 

 never mottled nor spotted Micropodii (p. 350) 



