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PLOCEINiE 



a^. Nostrils exposed well in front of nasal 



plumes; plumage blackish, with no rufous Tcxtor. i>'>^- 

 b^. Nostrils slightly more basal; general 

 plumage brown and white, with a con- 

 siderable amount of rufous on the wings Histurgops. '.^ ".• 

 b^. Culmen rounded at the base. 



c*. Median and greater wing-coverts with whitish 

 ends, forming two distinct bars on the wing, 

 c^. Bill stouter; no bair-like plumes on the 

 back of head and neck ; a broad pale eye- 

 brow or the rump white or nearly so . . Plocepasser. '■ " 

 d^. Bill more slender; some hair-like plumes 



on the back of head and neck .... Sharpia. 

 d*. With no whitish bars on the wing. 

 e''. Bill red or yellow ; abdomen white ; quills 



broadly margined with red or yellow . . Anaplectes. ? ^ 5 

 f^. Bill neither red nor yellow. 



a". Wings and tail uniform black or nearly 

 so (excepting in females of Cinnamop- 

 teryx castaneofusca and Melanopteryx 

 nigerrivia) . 



a''. Some red on the plumage Malimbus. 



b''. No red on the plumage, 

 a*. Yellow, when present, confined to 

 the interscapular region. 

 a". Interscapular region chestnut or 



yellow Ginnamopteryx. 



b^. General plumage black in adult 



males Melanopteryx. 



b^- Yellow always present and not con- 

 fined to the mantle, 

 c". Bill grey, with a distinct horny 

 membrane overhanging the nos- 

 trils ; under parts yellow ; upper 

 parts uniform, back black, brown, 

 or grey ; plumage of sexes alike Sycobrotus. 

 d'>. Bill black in adults ; some yellow 

 on the upper parts ; plumage of 



sexes not ahke Heterhyphantes. 



b^. Wing and tail never uniform black, nor 

 nearly so. 

 c'. With black on throat in full pluinaged 

 males, which have also sides of head 

 or a band through the eye black. 



