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in front by a single scale; toes moderate, the outer and middle toes 

 joined at their base ; claws much curved (p. 55). 



Phylloscopus, F. Boie. — ^\\\ slender, rather short, upper mandible decurved 

 from the middle and compressed towards the tip, which is very slightly 

 notched ; nostrils basal, lateral, oblong and partly operculate, the membrane 

 clothed with small bristle-tipped feathers, the internasal ridge very thin; 

 gape beset with hairs. Wings rather long ; the first quill comparatively 

 large, the third or fourth being the longest. Tail of twelve feathers, slightly 

 forked. Tarsus scaled in front and rather long, as are also the toes ; claws 

 curved (p. 59). 



AEdon, F. Boie. — Bill long and strong, with the culmen curved and much com- 

 pressed at the tip, hardly notched ; nostrils supernal, small and oval : the 

 gape without bristles. Wings with the first quill short, the second nearly 

 equal to the third and fourth, which are longest. Tail long and rounded. 

 Tarsi long, with" broad scales in front ; toes short, the inner nearly as long 

 as the outer ; claws small (p. 67). 



Hypolais, C. L. Bi-ehtn. — Bill stout, very wide at the base, the edges straight, 

 somewhat compressed towards the tip, which is slightly emarginated. Nostrils 

 basal, oblique, oval and exposed. Wings rather long and pointed, the first 

 quill very short, the third usually the longest. Tail moderate ; rounded, 

 square, or slightly forked. Tarsi short ; feet small ; the claws short but 

 much curved (p. 69). 



ACROCEPHALUS, J. A. NaiDiiann. — Bill more or less straight, with the culmen 

 elevated, wide at the base, compressed towards the tip, and slightly emar- 

 ginated ; the edges of the lower mandible inflected ; nostrils basal, oblique, 

 oval and exposed : bristles at the gape moderately developed. Forehead 

 narrow and depressed. Wings rather short ; the first quill minute, the 

 third generally longest. Tail rounded and rather long. Legs long; feet 

 large and stout, the hind toe strong ; claws long and moderately curved 

 (p. 71)- 



LocusTELLA, Kaup. — Differs from the above chiefly in having a more rounded 

 tail and longer under tail -coverts. Prof. Newton states that the tendons 

 of the tibial muscles are strongly ossified in this genus (p. Si). 



Subfamily ACCF.NTORIN.'E. 



Accentor, Bechstein. — Bill strong, broad at the base, rather conical ; the upper 

 mandible overlapping the lower and slightly notched near the tip. Nostrils 

 basal, oblique and linear. Wings moderate, more or less rounded ; the first 

 feather very short, the third generally the longest. Legs strong ; the tarsi 

 feathered at the upper end, and covered in front with several broad scales ; 

 the outer toe joined at its base to the middle toe ; the claw of the hind toe 

 much the longest (p. 85). 



Family CINCLID.F. 



CiNCLUS, Bechsteui. — Bill moderate, slightly ascending, angular and higher than 

 broad at the base ; straight, compressed and rounded near the tip ; the upper 

 mandible slightly decurving at the point. Nostrils basal, lateral, placed 

 in a depression, cleft longitudinally, partly covered by a membrane. Gape 



