AVES. 495 



Nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a fossa, partly covered by mem- 

 brane. Wings with ten primaries, the first very small, third or 

 fourth, more rarely fifth, longest of all. 



t African species. 



a) Tail very long, cuneate. Wings with fifth quill longest of all. luida 

 LESS, (in part), BONAP., Lamprocolius SUNDEV. in part. 



Sp. Lamprotornis ceneus TEMM., Turdus emeus L., BUFF. PL enl. 220, 

 Lamprotornis longicauda SWAINS., Birds of Western Africa, I. Tab. 7. 



b) Tail rounded. Wings with third and fourth quills sub-equal, longest 

 of all (second, third and fourth in some sinuate internally before the point). 

 Spreo LESS., Lamprocolius SUNDEV. in part. 



Sp. Lamprotornis bicolor, Turdus bicolor GM. 



ft Species from the East Indies and the Indian Archipelago. Lamprotornis 

 SUNDEV., Calornis GRAY. (Tail mostly moderate, rounded. Wings with 

 third quill longest.) 



Sp. Lamprotornis cantor TEMM., Turdus cantor GM., Calornis panayensis 

 GBAT, TEMM. PI. col. 149, SONNER. Voyage a la Nouv. Guin. PI. 73, &c. 



Enodes TEMM. Bill shorter than head, curved, emarginate. 

 Supra-orbital region beset with small rigid plumes, with shaft 

 naked, lamellose. Tail moderate, cuneate. Wings with third and 

 fourth quills subequal, longest of all. 



Sp. Enodes erythrophrys, Lamprotornis erythrophrys (previously) TEMM. PI. 

 color. 267 ; Celebes. 



Scissirostrum LAFRESN. 



Sp. Scissirostrum Pagei GUER., Magasin. de Zool. 1845, Ois., PL 59. Hab. 

 in the island Celebes. I have not seen this bird. 



Family XL. Fringillince (Fringillidce GRAY, excl. of some 

 genera). Primaries in some nine, in some ten (with first very 

 short). Wing-coverts short. Tarsi covered anteriorly with trans- 

 verse scutes, posteriorly and on each side with scute continuous. 

 Outer toes conjoined at the base only. Bill short, more seldom 

 moderate, conical, with tip almost always entire (in a few finely 

 emarginate), thick at the base. 



Ploceus Guv. Bill moderate or shorter than head, produced 

 above the forehead, conical, strong, with culmen broad, rounded. 

 Nostrils placed at the base of bill, oval, open or partly covered 

 by recumbent plumes of the forehead. Wings with ten primaries, 



