210 Dr. J. Murie on the Upupidse. 



Fig-. 35. Lower basal view of said skull : mxp, inaxillopalatine. 



Fig-. 36. Outer surface, left quadrate, magnified two diameters. 



Fig. 37. Under articular aspect of the left quadrate bone, magnified two 

 diameters. 



Fig. 38. Profile of cranium, same J I. erythrorhynchus. 



Fig. 39. Its mandible, side view. 



Fig. 40. Part of the right humerus (lower end) of the 1. erythrorhynchus 

 from Kokai. 



Fig. 41. Inferior articular extremity of the same. 



Fig. 42. Remainder of wing-bones in connexion : u, ulna ; r, radius. 



Fig. 43. Tibia (t) and fibula (/) of the same bird. 



Fig. 44. Enlarged drawing, upper articulation of tarso-metatarse, mag- 

 nified two diameters. 



Fig. 45. Right tarso-metatarse, from behind, natural size. 



Fig. 46. Bones of the right foot and tarso-metatarse : I. to IV., digits. 



Fig. 47. Diagrammatic representation of the inferior or distal end of the 

 tarso-metatarse of tf Irrisor erythrorhynchus, double natural 

 dimensions. 



Plate VII. 



Osteology in part, and the exterior feet-characters, of genera of the 



Upupidae, and of Promerops, representative of the Promeropidre. Figs. 56, 



57, 67, 69, and 70 are magnified, the others of natural dimensions. 



Fig. 48. Upper surface of the skull of Rhinopomastus {Irrisor) cyanomelas 

 J, spec, ex Mus. Skarpfe (labelled, Ojimbinque, June 17, 

 1866). 



Fig. 49. Upper surface of the skull of Promerops coffer from South Africa, 

 also a donation from Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. 



Fig. 50. Inferior or palatal aspect of the cranium of Rhinopomastus cy- 

 anomelas. 



Fig. 51. Similar view of the cranium of Promerops coffer. 



Fig. 52. Side view of the skull of Rhinopomastus cyanomelas. 



Fig. 53. Lower mandible of the same. 



Fig. 54. The skull of Promerops coffer, in profile. 



Fig. 55. Mandible of the same specimen of Proinerops. 



Fig. 56. Right quadrate bone of Promerops caffer, from the outside, and 

 twice natural size. 



Fig. 57. Its inferior aspect, showing knuckles for articulating with in- 

 ferior maxilla. 



Fig. 58. Mandible of Rhinopomastus cyanomelas, its upper or oral surface. 



Fig. 59. A similar view of the inferior maxilla of Promerops caffer. 



Letters common to the foregoing figures: — mxp, maxillo-palatine ; 



vo, vomer ; c, cleft or fissure, maxillary and nasal ; p, posterior angle of 



the mandible ; o I, orbital limb ; o, outer, i, inner, audp, posterior knuckles 



of quadrate bone. 



