THE GENERA. 69 



Squatarola — 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. 



ClCONTlDiE. (Plate xviii.) 



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



CiNCLiN«. (Plate iv.) 



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



COLUMBID^. (Plate xxiii.) 



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



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



267. 

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



middle feathers dusky brown, tipped with white. 266. 



COLYMBlDiE. (Plate xxxii.) 

 Colyinbus — 280-283. 



CORACitD^. (Plate xii.) 



Coradas — 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. 125 

 Nvcijraga — bill black , tail tipped with white. 124. 

 Pyrrhocorax — bill red or yellow. 122, 123. 



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

 126. 



CuculiDjE. (Plate xii.) 

 Coccystes — head with a crest ; tail long. 15S. 



Coccyzus — tail of 10 feathers, which are black and white. 159, 160. 

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



Cypselid^e. (Plate x.) 

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



toe three phalanges. 138,139. 

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



toe five phalanges. 140. 



Emberizin^. (Plate viii.) 



Calcarius — bill yellow, tipped with black, i r". 

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

 Plectrophanes — bill black. 118. 



FalconiD/E. (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 —y^Yatt head andneck ; longblacknarrowwings. 186. 

 Elanus — grey head and neck ; black and white wings. 1 87. 

 Tail even or rounded. 



Tarsus feathered ; fourth primary longest. 



