74 THE GENERA. 



Pratincola — rump whitish; legs black; bill notched; tail short and 



square. 15, 16. 

 Cyanecula — throat blue ; head brown. 19, 20. 

 Monticola — head bluish grey ; bill black ; breast chestnut. _ 1 1. 

 RiUicilla — throat black ; tail red, with black or brown on its two 



middle feathers. 17, 18. 

 LocHstella — no rictal bristles ; axillaries brown ; tail pointed and 



shorter than wing. 43, 44. 

 Acrocephalus — bill large, depressed and broad at base ; axillaries 



whitish ; tail short and rather round. 38-42. 

 Sylvia — bill obscurely notched, very short and stout, but not broad 



at base ; breast plain or barred ; wings moderate ; first primary 



noticeably under half the length of second ; tail ashy or brown and 



white. 23-28. 

 Turdus — bill distinctly notched ; outer and middle toes united .- 



tail rather long. Range over seven inches. 1-6. 



TURNICID^. (Plate xxiv.) 

 Turnix — 277. 



Upupid^. (Plate xii.) 



Upupa — slender curved bill ; crested head ; rounded wings. 156. 



V'ULTURID/E. (Plate xiv.' 



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J7S. 



'ULTURID/E. (Plate xiv.) 

 Gyps — fourth primary longest ; legs bluish. 175 

 Neophron — third primary longest ; legs pinkish. 



