AMPELID&. — BOMBYCILLIN2. 251 
dactyle: lateral toes nearly equal ; middle toe shorter 
than the hallux. Claws fully curved. 
P. lunatus. North. Zool. ii. p. 492. Braz. B. pl. 95. 
Susram. BOMBYCILLINZE. Swallow Chatterers. 
Wings much lengthened and pointed ; the first quill 
equal, or nearly so, to any of the others. Bill short, 
strong, broad: under mandible strong: the gonys as- 
cending: gape smooth, very wide. Nostrils partly pro- 
tected by velvety feathers. Feet robust. Tarsi short. 
Lateral toes nearly equal. 
Pureatura, Vieil. (fig. 
219, 220. c) Bill re- 
markably short, but ra- 
ther strong. Culmen 
arched. Nostrils conceal- Za 
ed. Gape enormous; the sides smooth. Feet pale. 
Anterior scales transverse ; lateral scales minute, reti- 
culate. Tail lengthened, ‘deeply forked. 
P. cristata. Zool. Ill. 1. pl. 31. 
eos, Briss. ( fig. 220. a) as ee soft, silky. 
Wings long ; the greater ~— =e 
quills graduated from 
the first; the lesser 
nearly of equal length. 
Tarsi feathered below 
the knees. Hind claw 
shorter than the lateral _— 
toes, which are nearly Gi 
even. Tail short, even. e 
B. garrula. Selby, i. pl. 34.* 
Proconias, Hoff. (fig. 220. 6) Bill very broad; the sides 
inflected; the tip not hooked. Nostrils nearly naked. 
Wings pointed ; the three first quills longest. Inner 
toe shorter than the outer. Tail slightly forked. 
P. ventralis. Zool. Ill. i. pl. 21. 
* In colour, and in the lunate marks upon the breast, this species closely 
Eesembles Blechropus. 
