CINNYRIDE. _ 329 
entire. Nostrils small, oval, completely covered by 
a membrane, which only opens by a lateral semi- 
circular slit. Wings long; first quill spurious, 
second and third graduated. Tail short, even. Legs 
large; strong. Lateral toes unequal, India only 
t. A. flavigenis. Pl. Col. 388. f. 1. 
4  Famy CINNYRIDA. Sunbirds. 
Wings with the outermost quills more or less shortened 
or graduated. Bill more or less curved, generally 
entire. Nostrils short, oval, membranaceous, opening 
by a lateral slit. Feet moderate. Bill entire. 
Meuiturertes, Vieillot. (fig. 288.9) ~ Bill long, sickle- 
shaped ; the sides considerably compressed: the culmen 
elevated, and the tips entire. Nostrils very short, 
opening by a semicircular slit. Tongue long; the 
tip only terminated by a bunch of short filaments. 
Wings moderate ; the three first quills nearly equal. 
Feet robust, long. Lateral toes equal. Tarsus 
almost twice as long as the hind toe. Pacific © 
Islands. 
_ Mz. pacifica. Ois. dorés, pl. 63. Adi 
Cinnynis, Cuvier. (fig.288. 7) Bill long, slender; the tips 
very acute and entire; the margins minutely denticu- 
lated: base of the upper mandible folding over, and 
partly concealing that of the lower. Nostrils short, oval. 
Tongue retractile, simply forked. First quill spu- 
rious, second shorter than the third. Tail even or 
rounded. India and Africa. 
C. chalybea. Zool. Ill. i. 95. 
ANTHREPTES, Sw. (fig. 288. f) Bill moderate, rather 
strong, slightly curved ; widening towards the base, 
which is much broader than it is high. Base of the 
under mandible thickened, and not partially covered 
by the upper. Wings, feet, and tail as in Cinnyris. 
A. Javanica. Zool. Ill. i. pl. 121. 
NecrariniA, Illiger. (fig. 288. e) Bill in general shorter 
than the head, wide at the base, compressed from the ' 
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