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long, ample; the first quill spurious ; 
fourth, and fifth of equal length, and longest. 
short, even, rounded, or (as in the rasorial type (! 
considerably lengthened, and cuneated. Feet 
large and strong. Middle toe and tarsus equal ; hinc 
toe strong, but much shorter ; 
L. ptilonorynchus. West. 
Af. i.140. (fig. 242. a) 
chrysonotis. Ib. i. pl. 6. 
cyanotis. Ib. i. 146. (c) 
rufiventris. Ib. i, 151. 
leucogaster. Ib. i. pl. 8. 
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lateral toes unequal. } 
rufipennis. Ois. a Af. pl. 8: 
84. (b) ae | 
albiventris. Part 5. No. 
fulvipennis. Part 5. No. 
melanogaster. Part 5. No. 52, 
longicauda. W. Af. i. pl.7. ® 
Susram. SCAPHIDURINE. Boat- Tails. 
Bill of a very lengthened conic shape, entire, and com- 
pressed: the culmen slightly curved. Tail ‘graduated, 
the sides reflected upwards, or boat-shaped. Feet 
strong. | 
Astrapra, Vieillot. General structure of Lamprotor= 
nis ; but the tail excessively long and bone ‘ 
A. gularis. Vieil. Gal. pl. 107. 
ScapuipurA, Sw. Bill longer than the head, conic. 
Both mandibles equally thick. The base of the culmen — 
broad, flattened, and advancing very far on the front | 
of the head. Commissure angulated at the base, and 
sinuated on the sides. Nostrils basal, placed in a — 
small triangular hollow on the sides: the membrar 
obsolete. Wings lengthened, pointed ; the first quill — 
longest. Tail moderate, graduated, boat-shaped. — 
Feet strong. Middle toe and tarsus of equal length ; — 
hinder toe much shorter ; inner toe hardly shorter — 
than the outer. South America. t 
S. barita. Part 5. No. 62. crassirostra. Ib. No. 68. 
Quiscauus, Vieillot. Bill longer than the head, com- z 
pressed. Both mandibles equally thick. Culm 
slightly curved, and compressed from the base, where 
it simply divides the frontal feathers, without bei if 
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« Not having a specimen of this excessively valuable bird to examine, ] E:| 
am unable to add its full characters: and nothing essential can be lea ne a 
from M. Vieillot’s definition. | A! 
