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Machetes — male with a ruff; bill as long as head ; wings reaching 



tip of tail. 323. 

 Totanus — bill rather longer than head ; tail barred and short. 



327-335- 



Feet lobate. 

 Phalaropus — remiges 25. 306, 307. 



Feet all divided. 

 Gallinago — bill very straight and long. 309-311. 

 Tringa — bill rather longer than head ; tail without bars. 314-322. 



SriTiN^. (Plate iv.) 

 5zV/a— 58. 



Strigid^. (Plate xiil.) 



Bill straight from base, curved only at tip ; 24 remiges ; second 

 primary longest. 

 Strix — feet rather bristly ; nostrils not in cere. 161. 

 Bill curved from base. 

 Tail long. 



Syrnium — facial disk complete. 164. 

 Surnia — facial disk hardly traceable. 166. 

 Tail short. 



Lower mandible sinuate. 

 Athene — nostrils in cere ; feet bristly. 170. 

 Lower mandible notched. 

 Head with plumicorns. 

 Scops — feet bare ; 22 remiges ; fourth primary longest. 168. 

 Asia — feet feathered ; wings long ; 24 remiges ; second primary 



longest. 162, 163. 

 Bubo — feet feathered ; wings short ; 29 remiges ; third and 

 fourth primaries longest. 169. 

 Without plumicorns. 

 Nyctala — ears with operculum. 167. 

 Nyciea — ears without operculum. 165. 



Sturnin^. (Plate ix.) 

 Pastor — crested. 121. 

 Sturnus — uncrested. 120. 



TroglodytiN/E. (Plate iv.) 

 Troglodytes — 59. 



Turdin^. (Plates i. ii. iii.) 



Geocichla — axillaries chequered. 7, 8. 



Merula — axillaries black. 9, 10. 



Phylloscopus — axillaries yellow; breast whitish; legs brown. 52-35. 



Hypolais — axillaries yellow ; bill stout ; legs blue. 36. 



Daulias — axillaries bufif; breast buff; back reddish brown; tail 



reddish brown. 22. 

 Erithacus — chin red ; lower breast white. 21. 

 Melizophilus — chin chestnut ; lower breast chestnut. 

 Aedon—\i&zA and back chestnut ; breast buff; tail rounded and 



long and tipped with white. 37. 

 Regulus — bright yellow crest. 30, 31. 

 Saxicola — rump white ; legs black ; bill unnotched. \i-ii,. 



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