CUCULID^E.] 



OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[CoCCYZINiE. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 14 



Length of ulna 11 



Length of metacarpus 6|- 



Length of femur 12^ 



Length of tibia 20 



Length of metatarsus 14 



Length of sternum ...... 10 



Tenths. 

 Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 7 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 5-^ 



Depth of keel 3 



Length of head 20 



Breadth of head . . 8 



Length of pelvis 12 



Breadth of pelvis ...... 6^ 



Subfam. 2. Coccyzin^e. 



Piaya, Less. 



Circe, Bp. 

 Type of Coccyzinse. 



Cranium similar to Centropus, but not nearly so strongly marked, and the foramen in 

 the orbital septum smaller ; the lacrymals larger, rounded. 



Sternum very short, with two fissures on the posterior margin ; inferior edge of the 



keel straight. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 13 



Length of ulna 12-| 



Length of metacarpus 6 



Length of femur 16 



Length of tibia 22-| 



Length of metatarsus 15 



Length of sternum 10 



Tenths. 



Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 9 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 6 



Depth of keel 1\ 



Length of head 21 



Breadth of head 8^ 



Length of pelvis 13 



Breadth of pelvis 9 



Pi ata, Less. 



Mehleri, Bp. 

 I possess the sternum, coracoids, scapula, and furculum of this bird ; they are precisely 

 similar in form to the foregoing. 



Phcenicophaus, Vieill. 



Curvirostris, Sh. 

 In every respect similar to Piaya Circe, but larger, and the bones stronger. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 14 



Length of ulna 13 



Length of metacarpus 6 



90 



Tenths. 



Length of femur 17 



Length of tibia 25 



Length of metatarsus 15-^ 



