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meliphagid.t;. 



SYLVIADtE. 



GENUS CXV. /5.— CORYDALLA, Vigors. 



Rostrum subelongatum, sub- 

 forte. 



Ales caudaque ut in genere 

 Antho. 



Pedes subgraciles ; tarsi ele- 

 vati, hallucis ungue elon- 

 gate, recto. 



Beak rather elongated, 



somewhat strong. 

 Wings andtoi/as in the genus 



Anthus. 

 Lcfl'S rather slender : tarsi 



elevated : the claxv of the 



hinder-toe lengthened and 



straight. 



Type. — Sp. I. Co. Richardi. Vigors. 



Anthus Richardi. Steph. v. xiii, 2. p. 239. — Britain, &c. 



MELIPHAGID^. 



GENUS CCLXXIV.—MIMETES, King; videimge2QQ. 



Rostrum forte, subarcuatum, 

 subcultratum : mandibuUs 

 utrisque apice emargin- 

 atis; narihus basilaribus, 

 lateralibus, subovalibus, 

 membrana partim tectis. 

 Lingua ad sugendum idonea .'* 

 Aloe mediocres, rotundatse ; 

 remege prima brevissima, 

 secunda et sexta asquali- 

 bus ; tertia et quarta fere 

 aequalibus longissimis ; 

 quinta his paulo breviori : 

 remigum tertiae ad sex tarn 

 inclusam pogoniis externis 

 in medio gradatim pro- 

 ductis. 



Beak strong, rather arcu- 

 ated, somewhat cultrate ; 

 with the mandibles notched 

 at the tip; nostrils basal, 

 lateral, suboval, partly 

 covered by a membrane. 



Tongue formed for suction ? 



Wings moderate, rounded ; 

 with the first quill shortest, 

 the second and sixth equal, 

 the third and fourth nearly 

 equal and longest ; the 

 fifth rather shorter : the 

 third to the sixth quills 

 inclusive with their outer 

 webs gradually produced 

 in the middle. 



