510 CLASS XVI. 



From this genua Acanthorhynchus Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1827, 

 p. 24, does not appear to be sufficiently distinct. Sp. Acanthorh. tenui- 

 rostris, Certhia cucuUata Shaw, &c. The species of this genus are small, 

 and live mostly in New Holland, some on the islands of the Indian 

 Archipelago. 



Promerops Briss., Philoturus SwATNS. Bill long, subcurved; 

 nostrils linear, placed in a fossa. Tongue feathery. Wings with 

 ten primaries, the first short, the fourth longest of all. Tail long, 

 cuneate. 



Sp. Promero'ps cafer, Merops cafer L. (and Upupa promerops ejusd.). Buff. 

 PI. enl. 637, GUEK. Icoiiogr., Ois. PI. 26, fig. 1; South Africa. 



Melipliaga Lewin, Temm., Fhiledon Cuv. Bill moderate or 

 longer than head, keeled, with culmen curved, compressed at the 

 tip, emarginate. Nostrils lateral, covered by membrane, placed in 

 a fossa (sometimes pervious). Wings with ten primaries, the first 

 short, fourth and fifth subequal, longest of all. Tail moderate or 

 long. Tarsi long. 



Acrulocercus Caban., Moho Less. Bill moderate. Tail long, 

 graduated, ■with middle feathei's curved. 



Sp. Melipliaga fasciculata, Merops niger Gm., Merops fasciculatus Lath., 

 Dixon Voy. round the World, London, 1789, 4to, p. 357 and PL, Merk. 

 Avium rar. Icon. Tab. Ii. ; Temm. PI. col. 471 ; black, with a bunch of 

 long yellow feathers at the sides ; from the Sandwich Islands. 



Anthochcera Yigoks, Horsf. Bill moderate. Tail elongate, gra- 

 duated. In many a pendulous caruncle on each side of the throat, 

 destitute of feathers. 



Sp. Melipliaga carunculata, Merops carunculalas Lath., Anthochara Lewini 

 Vigors and Horsf., Philip Voy. to Bot^ Bay, 1789, PI. 28, p. 164; — 

 Meliphaga inaurls, Anthochcera inauris Gray, Creadion caruncidatus 

 ViEiLL. Gal. PI. 94. 



Acanthogenys GouLD. Tail moderate, broad, even. A naked place below 

 the eyes, with cheeks spinose. 



Sp. Meliphaga rufogularis, Acanthogenys riifogidaris. Proceed, of the Zool. 

 Soc. 1837, P- 153- 



Tropidorhynchus Vigors and Horsf., Philedon Swains. Bill strong, 

 with culmen acute. Nostrils nearly in the middle of bill. Tail long, 

 even, with point broad. Head with scattered hairs. 



Sp. Meliphaga corniculata, Merops corniculatus Lath., White Voy. to New 

 South Wales, p. 190, PI. 16. 



Prosthemadera Gray. Bill moderate, curved, broad at the base. Tail 

 long, even. 



