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culmen curved and convex ; the commissure arched ; 
the tip of the upper mandible wide above, and — 
inflexed. Wings long, or moderate; the first quill © 
very small and spurious; the second nearly equal to — 
the third and fourth ; lesser quills short, emarginate. 
Tail slightly forked. Lateral toes equal. Africa. — 
‘The dentirostral type. (fig. 265.) i 
C. magnirostris. Ois. d’Af. pl. 193. , : 
Myrafra, Horsf. Bill as in Calendula. Wings short, 
rounded ; greater quills hardly longer than the 
secondaries and tertials; the first quill spurious, 
half the length of the second, which is shorter than — 
the third ; the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth equal, 
and longest. Tail short, even. Legs long. | 
M. Javanica. Lin. Tr. xiii. 159. 
Braconyx, Sw. ( fig. 266.) Bill asin Calendula. Hinder — 
claw very short. Wings and tarsi much lengthened. 
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Acroproma, Sw. (Anthus pas Auct.) Bill slender, consi- — 
derably compressed: both mandibles of equal length if 
the tip of the upper one not reflected over the — 
lower, and with a small notch, almost obsolete. — 
Wings long; the four first quills nearly equal ; the 
rest rapidly diminishing, and emarginate at their 
tips; tertials lengthened, pointed, as long as the | 
quills. Tail moderate, even. Legs pale, long, © 
