LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. 



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1. Head and tail of ConopoJiaga aurita aurita — to sliow the form 



of the bill and the short tail in comparison with the length 



of the feet 1 



2. Head and tail of Corytliopis torquata anthoides — ^to show the 



form of the bill and the long tail, which reaches beyond the 

 feet 3 



3. Head and foot of Pseudoconophaga melanogastei — to illustrate 



the long and compressed bill and the long leg and toes 4 



4. Head of Ogmhilaimws lineatus — to show the peculiar shapo of 



the bill 6 



5. Head, wing, and tail of Machenzicsna leachi — to show the 



short bill and the formation of the wing and tail 7 



6. Head of FredericJcena viridis — to show the short and stout 



bill 8 



7. Head of Tar aba major — to illustrate the shape of the bill ... 10 



8. TS.eaA of ThamnopMlus doliatus — to show the crest 11 



9. Head of Sahesphorus canadensis — rto show the conspicuous 



crest 14 



10. "S-eSid^ of Erionotus piinctatus — to show the small bill 16 



11. Head and tail of Dysiihamnus guttulatus — to illustrate the 



small but sharply hooked bill, the absence of a crest, and 

 the nearly square tail 20 



12. Head of Thamnomanes cwsius — to show the upper aspect of the 



bill and the numerous rictal bristles 24 



13. Head and tail of Myrmotlierula pygmaea — to illustrate the 



shape of the hill and the form of the tail 26 



14. Head of iBAcip««« yM^aris — to show the spotted thi-oat 28 



15. A figure of Myrmopagis axillaris — to show the elongated 



flank-plumes 30 



16. Head and tail of Myrmophila minor — to show the short and 



slender hill, black throat, and rounded tail 32 



17. Head of Poliolmma cinereiventris — to illustrate the shape of 



the bill and the colour of the throat 35 



18. Head of ILerpsilochmus pileatus — to show the proportionately 



long bill, which is. hooked at the tip 37 



19. Tail of Formicivora grisea — to show the rounded and graduated 



formation 40 



