20 BIRDS. 



open: tongue short, broad, cloven: gape larger t'.ian 

 the head : wings long : tail forked. 



27 CAPRIMULGUS. JBzVJ short, a little incurved at the 

 point, depressed at the base, with a row of stiff bris- 

 tles at the base of the upper-mandible : nostrils tubu- 

 lar, a little prominent : tongue small, entire : tail en- 

 tire, of 40 feathers : toes connected as far as the first 

 joint ; the claw of the middle-one broadish and 

 serrate. 

 3. Upper mandible slightly notched near the point. 



16. TURDUS. Bill nearly straight, a little bending to- 

 wards the point; nostrils oval, naked: month with a 

 few slender hairs at the corners : tongue slightly jagged 

 at the end: middle-toe connected to the outer as far 

 as the first joint. 



17. AMPELIS. Bill straight, a little convex, bending to- 

 wards the point : in**tri!s hid in reflected bristles : 

 tongue sharp, cartilaginous, cloven: middle-toe con- 

 nected to the outer at the bae. 



21. MUSCICAPA. BiV/ tfatlish at the base, nearly trian- 

 gular, beset wiih bristles at the base : tongue clo\cis > 

 rough on the sides : tots divided to their origin. 



4. Bin straight, taper, entire. 



15. STI:IIM;S. Bill subulate, angular, depressed, rather 

 obtuse ; the edges of the upper-mandible a little 

 spreading: nostrils surrounded with a rim: tongue 

 cloven, acute: middle-tec connected to the outer as iar 

 as the first joint. 



22. ALAUDA. Bill straight, slender, a little curved at 

 the point : nostrils partly covered with feathers and 

 bristles: tongue cloven, acute: toes divided to their 

 origin ; the hind-claw very long and more straight. 



23. l\loi AC ILL A. .Bill straight, weak, slender, slightly. 

 notched at the end: nostrils covered wit h, bristles ; 

 tongue lacerated at the point: wings short: tail very 

 long: 



24. SYLVIA. .Bill straight, weak, slender: nostrils obo- 

 vate, a little depressed : iongue cloven: middle-toe con- 

 nected underneath to the outer-one at the base. 



23'. PARUS. Bill strong, pointed, a little compressed : 

 nostrils round, covered with reflected bristles : / 

 truncate, bristly at the end : toes divided to their ori- 

 gin, the back-toe large and strong. 



ORDER IV. COLUMKJE. 



Bill nearly straight, tumid at the bate : legs short : iocs '3 be- 

 fore and 1 behind, divided to their origin. 

 CoLUiiEA. Bill weak, slender, descending to.wiuk 



