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markably broad ; the feathers wide, slightly narrow- 
ing towards their tips, which are obtusely rounded. 
Wings rather. short, convex ; the outer web of four 
of the primaries suddenly dilated near their base. 
Under mandible somewhat angulated. 
P. scapularis. Zool. Ill. i. pl. 26. 
Nanopes, Horsfield and Vigors. Tail cuneated ; the 
_feathersnarrow and pointed. Wings rather lengthened ; 
the first quill equal to, or rather longer than, the 
second ; the others rapidly diminishing ; tips of the 
secondaries obliquely truncated. Under mandible 
not angulated. Feet as in Platycircus. Subtypical. 
N. discolor. Z. Ill. i. pl. 62. venustus. Z. Ill. ii. pl. 21. 
Lrerronopuus, Sw. Wings very long; the first quill 
Pezoporvs, Illiger. Upper mandible 
rather shorter than the second, which is the longest ; 
the rest rapidly diminishing. Tail long, very broad ; 
the lateral feathers narrowing at their points, but 
the two middle considerably pointed, and extending 
much beyond the others. ‘Tarsus shorter than the 
hallux. Nostrils large, tumid, naked ; the aperture 
round. The fissirostral type. 
L. auricomis. Zool. Ill. ii. pl. 112. Lear. pl. 27. 
with the margin arched and entire ; 
lower much thicker and sttonger. 
Tail long, cuneated ; the feathers 
narrow and pointed. Tarsus much 
lengthened. Claws very slender. 
The grallatorial type. (fig. 274.) 
P. formosus. Shaw’s Zool. of N. H. pl. 3. 
Famuny PICIDE. The Woodpeckers. 
Bill straight, more or less conic. Toes placed in pairs. 
Susram. PICIANZ. The True Woodpeckers. 
Bill wedge-shaped. Tongue vermiform, 
Picus. Typical Woodpeckers. Bill perfectly wedge-shaped, 
cylindrical : the culmen straight: lateral: ridges re- 
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