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. AVES. 
Genus 2. — C IN CL U S. —Bechstein. 
Generic Character. —Bill rather slender, slightly bent up¬ 
wards, compressed at the sides ; upper mandible emarginated at 
tip, and encompassing the lower one; nostrils basal, lateral, 
longitudinally cleft, and partly covered by a membrane; head 
small; wings short, first quill not quite the length of the second, 
which is also shorter than the third; three toes before and one 
behind, the exterior one attached at its base to the middle toe, 
which is longer than the tarsus. 
Cinclus aquaticus. — The European Dipper. 
Plate XLIII. fig. 8. 
Upper parts blackish-brown, feathers margined with grayish- 
black; throat, eyelids, sides of the neck, and as low as the epi- 
gastrum, white; venter chestnut-brown, crissum darker; bill 
blackish-brown ; legs dusky; irides yellowish-brown. Seven 
inches long. Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 3. —MENURA.— Shaw. 
Generic Character .—Bill broader than deep at its base, pro¬ 
vided with setaceous plumes, directed forward, straight, and 
slender, slightly inclined at the tip, which has a small notch ; 
upper mandible longer than the lower one; nostrils placed in 
the middle of the bill, oval, large, and protected by a membrane; 
claws same length as the toes, broad, obtuse, and convex above; 
wings short. 
Menura superha. — The Superb Menura. 
Plate XLIII. fig. 6. 
Brown above, reddish-brown on the wings and neck; cinere¬ 
ous brown below; tail erect, consisting of fourteen internal ex¬ 
tremely thinly fibred webs, the external feathers also erect, 
beautifully clouded with chestnut and brown on their inner 
margins, silvery-gray externally, the tips reflected, dusky-brown 
and black; head crested ; legs dark gray, claw of the hallux very 
long. Size of a small pheasant. Inhabits New South Wales. 
