GHALIiARIA. 



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Genus GRALIAEIA Vieill. 



Qrallaria Tieillot, Analyse nouv. Orn. p. 43, 1816. Type Q. varia 

 (Bodd.). 



Fig. 37. — Qrallaria varia. 



This, genus is characterized by the somewhat stout bill, short 

 tail, and long legs. The depth of the bill is nearly equal to half 

 ^ the length of the exposed culmen, the nostrils are large' and oval 

 in shape. The wing is nearly square, the secondaries being about 

 14 mm. shorter than the longest primaries, the third, fourth, and 

 fifth of the latter are longest and equal, the second being 

 The tail is rounded, the four middle feathers longest and about 



