AYES. 453 



Lafresnaye has given a figure of it in Gderin Magai. de Zool. 1835, 

 Ois. PI. 37. 



Pkcemcophaus Vieill., Melias Gloger, Less., Malcoha Vaill. 

 Bill moderate, broad at the base, rounded, curved at the tip. 

 Nostrils mostly placed at the base of bill, lateral. Orbital region 

 naked. Tarsus longer than anterior outer toe. Wings short, with 

 fourth and fifth quills, sometimes sixth also, longest of all. Tail 

 rounded or graduated, very long. 



Sp. Fkosnicophaus vindis Vieill., Ciiculus curvirostris Shaw, Less. Ornith. 

 PI. 23, fig. 2 ; — Phmnicophaus callirhynchus Temm., PI. col. 349, Gov. R. 

 Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 51, fig. i, &c. All the species are from the Eaat 

 Indies. 



Zanclostomus Swains. Bill much compressed, with tip of both 

 mandibles curved. 



Sp. PhcenicopJiaus flavirostris, Zanclostomus flavirostris Swains., Birds of 

 Western Afr. i. PI. 19; from Senegal; some other species are from the 

 East Indies. 



Dasylophus Swains. Nostrils covered by recumbent feathers 

 of forehead. Feathers in front of the eyes erected into a crest. 



Sp. PhcenicopJiaus superciliosus Guv., Gder. Iconogr., Ois. PI. 33, fig. i. 



Rhinorthra Vigors, Buhutus Less., Anadcenus Swains. Bill 

 substraight, with tip abruptly curved, produced. Wings with sixth 

 and seventh quills subequal, longest of all. 



Sp. Pkosnicojyhaus caniceps ViG. and HoRSF., Cucidus siimatranus Cuv., 

 Anackenus rufescens Swains. 



Carpococcyx Gray, Calohates Temm. Nosti-ils somewhat remote 

 fi'om the base of bill, lateral, nearly covered with a corneous 

 lamella. Wings moderate, with sixth quill longest of all. Tarsi 

 elongate, far surpassing the anterior outer toe. 



Sp. Phoenicopkaus coruscans, Calohates radiafus Temm., PL col. 538, Borneo. 



Centropus Illig., Gorydonix Vieill. Bill shorter than head, 

 curved, high at the base, entire at the tip. Nostrils lateral, placed 

 at the base of bill, half covered with a scale. Tarsi longer than 

 anterior outer toe, covered anteriorly with a row of large scutes. 

 Claw of hallux elongate, somewhat straight, acute. Wings with 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth quills longest of all. Tail elongate, 

 graduate. 



