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To these may be added : — 



Psittaci = Parrots; 



Striges = Owls. 



Caprimulgi = Kightjai^s and Oil-bird. 



Similarly tbe following are eutaxic : — 



Tiuami = Tinamus. 



Gralli = Crax, FTiasianus^ Gallus. 



Turnices = Hemipodes. 



Opisthocomus = Hoatziu. 



Coccyges = Cuckoos, Plantain-eaters. 



Coracise = Rollers, Bee-eaters, Motmots. 



Bucerotes = Hornbills and Hoopoes. 



Trogones = Trogons. 



Colii = Colies, or Mouse-birds, 



Pici = Woodpeckers. 



Passeres = Eurylcemus, Pitta, Tyrannus, Menura, 

 Atrichia, Corvus. 



The remainder of the Carinatae contain more or fewer ex- 

 ceptions — both eu- and diasta-taxic forms : — 



Grues = Cranes, Trumpeter, Seriema. 



Columbse = Pigeons. 



The Grrues may be considered as a diastataxie group, the 

 exceptions being : — 



DicJiolophus = Seriema. 



PsopMa = Trumpeter. 



Shinochcetus = Kagu. 



Eurypyga = Sun-bittern. 



Seliornis = Pin-foot. 



These are all very aberrant types, whose systematic position is 

 still a matter for investigation. 



The Columbse, like the Grrues, are a diastataxie group, the only 

 recorded exception beiug the genus Golumlula. 



The Coraciiform Alcediues (Kingfishers) and Macrochires 

 (Swifts and Humming-birds) each contain genera the species 

 comprising which include forms with both eu- and diasta-taxic 

 wings. Thus amongst the Alcedines, in the genus GerylCf 



