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h" . Bill toothed at the extremity. 



c'". Bristles at gape stilt ; under parts [p. 230. 



whitish Gampsorhyxchus, 



d'" . Brifitles at gape hair-like ; under" [p. 161. 



parts parti-coloured Trochalopterum, 



b. Bill longer than head and much compressed. [p. 205. 

 d', Jiill less than 50 mm. long Pomatorhinus, 



e'. Bill more than 50 mm. long Xiphiramphus, 



J3. Tail less than 88 mm. long, more than 45 mm. [p. 224. 



c. Wings short and rounded and fitting in 



close to the body. 

 f. Shafts of feathers of forehead stiff. 

 c" . Tail longer than wing. 



e" . Shafts of feathers of crown not 



glistening Pyctorhis, p. 233. 



f '". Shafts of feathers of crown glistening. 



(•*. Bill black and stout Timalia, p. 225. 



(I*. Bill pale -coloured and more slender Dumetia, p. 228. 

 d''. Wing longer than tail. 



(/'". Nostrils rounded and exposed, 

 e*. Crown dark brown or blackish . . Rhopocichla, p. 281. 

 f^. Crown rufous or rufous-brown . . MixoRXis, p. 272. 

 h'". Nostrils protected by overhanging 



membrane. [p. 261. 



r/*. Wing over 70 mm Thrixgorhixa, 



h^. Wing under 65 mm. 



c\ Culmeu curved throughout its 

 length, 

 c'. Space round the eye feathered Stachyris, p. 263. 

 d'^. Space round the eye naked. . Cyaxoderma, p. 271. 

 d'\ Culmen straight and. bill w edge- 

 shaped Stachyridopsis, 



^/. Shafts of feathers of forehead not stiff- [p. 267. 

 shafted, 

 e". Bill stout and straight, deeper at the 

 centre than at the nostrils. 

 i'". Rictal bristles well developed. 

 i^. Nostrils long, protected by an over- 

 hanging membrane Cur.soxia, p. 248. 



f. Nostrils oval and exposed 31alacocixcla, 



,/'". Rictal bristles obsolete or only [p. 260. 



feebly developed Pellorxel'M, p. 237. 



_/", Bill stout, generally curved through- 

 out and deeper at the nostrils than 

 in the middle. 

 k'". Outer edges of primaries uniform. 

 k'*. Nostrils long and overhimg by a 

 membrane, 

 e'. Small bristles overhanging the 

 nostrils ; outer tail-feathers 

 less thau 12 mm. shorter than 



middle pair Alcippe, p. 275. 



/'. No bristles over nostrils ; outer 

 tail-feathers more than 12 mm. 

 shorter than middle pair .... Schceniparus, p.283. 



