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Sgiiatarola — first primary longest ; black legs. 296. 



Axillaries white. 

 Strepsilas — first primary longest ; orange legs ; toes cleft to 



base. 302. 

 Vanellus — head with a crest ; third and fourth primaries longest ; 



brown legs ; two toes webbed nearly to first joint. 301. 



CiCONIIDiE. (Plate xviii.) 

 Ciconia — bill and legs deep red. 212, 213. 



CiNCLlN^. (Plate iv.) 

 Cinclus — an under coating of down. 47, 48. 



COLUMBlDiE. (Plate xxiii.) 



Columba — ^tail even ; brown and grey. 263-265. 



Ectopistes — tail long and wedge-shaped ; two middle feathers black. 



267. 

 Tiirtur — black and white patch on neck ; tail rounded ; two 

 middle feathers dusky brown, tipped with white. 266. 



COLYMBID^. (Plate xxxii.) 

 Colymbus — 2 80-283. 



CORACIID^. (Plate xii.) 



Coracias — narrow bill and flat pointed wings. 153. 



CORVlNiE. (Plate ix.) 



Corvus — bill black ; tail black. 127-131. 



Garrulus — crested ; blue, black and white chequer on wing. 12; 

 Nucifraga — bill black . tail tipped with white. 124. 

 Pyrrhocorax — bill red ur yellow. 122, 123. 



Pica — tail very long and iridescent black ; first primary sinuated. 

 126. 



CucuLiD^. (Plate xii.) 

 Coccystes — head with a crest ; tail long. 158. 



Coccyzus — tail of 10 feathers, which :^re black and white. 159, 160. 

 Cuculus — tail of 12 feathers, which are black and grey. 157. 



Cypselid^. (Plate X.) 

 Cypselus — four toes in front ; middle toe three phalanges, outer 



toe three phalanges. 138, 139. 

 Acanthyllis — three toes in front ; middle toe four phalanges, outer 



toe five phalanges. 140. 



Emberizin^. (Plate viii.) 



Calcarius — bill yellow, tipped with black. 117. 

 Emberiza — bill brown, grey, or buff'. 109-116. 

 Plectrophanes — bill black. 118. 



FalconiDjE. (Plates xiv. xv. xvi.) 

 Lores feathered. 



Pernis — tarsus reticulate back and front. 188. 

 Lores not feathered. 

 Tail forked. 

 Milvus — tarsus scutellate in front, reticulate behind. 184, 185. 

 Elanoides — white head andneck ; longblacknarrow wings. 186. 

 Elanus — grey head and neck ; black and white wings. 187. 

 Tail even or rounded. 



Tarsus feathered ; fourth primary longest. 



