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CUCLJLID^. 



GENUS CCLLV.— INDICATOR. 

 HONEY-GUIDE. 



Vieillot.— 



Rostrum capite brevius, ro- 

 bustuni, conicuni, basi 

 dilatatum, versus apicem 

 angustum : mandihula su- 

 perior arcuato-carinata ; 

 inferior apice recurvata. 



Rectrices duodecim. 



Beak shorter than the head, 

 robust, conic, dilated at 

 the base, narrow towards 

 the tip: the upper man- 

 dible arcuato-carinated ; 

 the lozoer recurved at the 

 tip. 



Tail-feathers twelve. 



Sp. 1. In. major. Steph. v. i\. p. 139. pi. 27- — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 2. In. minor. Steph. v. is. p. 140. — Southern Africa. 



The descriptions of four new species of this genus, 

 by Mr. B. Leadbeater, were lately read before the 

 Linnean Society. 



GENUS CCLV — CENTROPUS, Illiger.— COUCAL. 



Rostrum mediocre, supra 

 carinatum, integrum, valde 

 compressum, versus apicem 

 arcuatum. 



Nares rectae, elongatse. 



Pollex unguis longissimus, 

 subulatus, instructus. 



Beak moderate, carinated 

 above, intire, much com- 

 pressed, arcuated towards 

 the tip. 



Nostrils straight, elongated. 



Inner hind-toe furnished with 

 a very long subulated 

 claw. 



CoRYDONVX, Vieillot. — Poi.ophilus, Leach. 



Sp. 1 . Ce. ^gyptius. 



Polophilus .ffigyptius. Steph. v. ix. p. 54'. — Polophilus Sene- 

 galensis. Steph. v. ix. ;;, .53. — Africa. 



