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Order II. PASSERES. Tribe I. Fissirostres NOCTURNiE. Family I. Caprimulgidje. 



The third Subfamily, 



PODAGERIN^E, or Podagers. 



have the Bill much depressed, and the culmen curved and compressed on the sides to the tip, which is 

 hooked ; the gape more or less furnished with bristles : the Wings long and pointed : the Tail more or 

 less long and broad : the Tarsi usually long, more or less plumed, and, when bare, covered with 

 transverse scales in front : the Toes unequal, with the inner toe generally longer than the outer, and 

 both more or less united to the middle one, which is the longest of all, and armed with a long serrated 

 claw. 



Scortornis Swains* 



Bill broad at the base, and much depressed, with the apical portion of the culmen arched and 

 compressed on the sides to the tip, which is hooked and acute ; the gape furnished with strong bristles ; 

 the nostrils lateral, and partly clothed by the frontal plumes, with the opening covered by a membranous 

 scale. Wings long and pointed, with the second or third quill the longest. Tail very long, broad, and 

 graduated. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, partly clothed with plumes, and the apical part 

 covered with transverse scales. Toes unequal ; the lateral ones shorter than the middle toe, and 

 the inner toe longer than the outer : the claws short and curved, and that of the middle toe long and 

 serrated. 



The species of this genus are inhabitants of the continent of Africa, especially in .the western portion. Their habits 

 and manners have not yet been recorded by naturalists. 



1. S. climacturus (Vieill.) Swains. Gal. des Ois. t. U2.— Capri- i 2. S. trimaculatus Swains. B. of W. Afr. ii. p. 70. 

 mulgus longicaudus Steph. 



Macrodipteryx Sxvains.-[ 



Bill broad at the base, and much depressed, with the culmen arched at the apex, and the sides 

 compressed to the tip, which is hooked and acute ; the gape furnished with bristles which are nearly as 

 long as the bill ; the nostrils lateral, with the opening covered by a membranous scale. Wings long, 

 reaching beyond the end of the tail, and pointed ; with the first or second quill the longest, and the 



* Established by Mr. Swainson in 1837 (Classif. of B. ii. p. 339.). 



f Established by Mr. Swainson in 1837 {Classif. of B.ii. p. 339.). It embraces Semetophorus of Mr. Gould (1838) ; which name was 

 changed by me to Cosmetornis in 1840, as the former had been previously employed in zoology. 



