328 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. _ : 
notched. Tail even. Legs pale. Lateral claws nearl 
equal. Tongue as in Meliphaga proper. (fig. 287 ) 
E. bicinctus. Part 5. No. 188. { fig. 287.) 
Entomiza, Sw. (fig. 288. mt Bill strong, moderate : 
culmen much elevated. Nostrils large, naked ; the 
aperture large, oval, and placed in the middle of the 
bill, at the termination of the naked membrane, Cul- 
men obtuse, convex. Frontal feathers small, com- 
pact. Hind toe and claw very large, and as long as 
the middle toe. 
E. cyanotis. Lewin, N. H. Birds, pl. 4. 
Puitepon, Cuvier. ( fig. 288. a) Culmen sharp, cari- 
nated. Headand face naked. Front with an elevated pro- 
tuberance. Hind toe and claw shorter than the middle. — 
P. corniculatus. White’s Voy. pl. 16. buceroides. Part 5. 
Myzomeua, Horsfield and Vigors. (fig.288.d) Bill with — 
both mandibles very considerably curved ; the sides 
broad, and much compressed. Tongue and nostrils as 
in Meliphaga. Wings lengthened ; the third, fourth, 
and fifth quills equal. Tail short, even. Middle 
toe much longer than the hinder lateral toes equal. _ 
M. cardinalis. Lewin, N. H. Birds, pl. 19.* i 
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Aracunotuera, Tem. (fig. 288. ¢) Bill very long, 
more or less curved : the upper mandible large, fold- 
ing over and partly concealing the base of the lower — 
mandible: the base broad, and three-sided; the tip 
* Can this be the fifth subgenus of Meliphaga ? or an aberrant Melithreptes? 
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