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_ TROCHILIDZE. — PROMEROPIDZ. — PARADISIADH. 331 
Sunram. PROMEROPIDE. AHoopoes. 
Feet syndactyle. The outer toe united for half its length 
to the middle. Bill very long, greatly compressed. 
Promerors, Brisson. Bill with the under mandible, at 
its base, thicker than the upper; the margins acute. 
Nostrils corneous; the aperture lateral and oval. 
Hind claw curved. Tail long, cuneated. 
P. erythrorynchus. Ois. dorés, pl. 6. 
Upupa, Lin. Bill lengthened, greatly compressed 
Nostrils round, destitute of any membrane either 
aboveorbehind. Hind clawnearlystraight. ‘ail short, 
even. | 
| U. epops. Selby, pl. 40. 
Epimacuus, Cuv. Bill resembling that of Promerops ; 
but the margins are obtuse, and somewhat inflexed. 
Wings, tongue, and feet unknown. Tail very long. 
Side feathers of the body greatly developed. 
E. superbus. is. dorés, p. 18. 
Susram. PARADISIADZE. Paradise Birds. 
Bill generally notched. Size large. Hypochondrial fea- 
thers greatly developed. 
Prinornis, Sw. Bill greatly curved. Nostrils basal, 
plumed ; the aperture linear. Wings rounded. Tail 
short, even. Tarsi short. ‘Toes as in Meliphaga: 
hallux very strong, equal to the tarsus, and to the 
middle toe. Soles flat and broad. | 
P. paradiseus. Zool. Ill. i. 481. Ill. of Orn. pl. 43, 44. 
Parapisea, Sw. Bill strong, conic. Culmen convex, 
the sides compressed, the tip notched. Nostrils ap- 
parent. Feet strong, syndactyle, resembling those of 
Promerops. Tarsus short. Outer and middle toe 
nearly of the same length ; inner toe very short, but 
longer than the hallux, which is also shorter than the 
tarsus. Claws very'strong, and hooked. 
P. rubra. Vieil. Gal. pl. 99. 
Cicinnurvs, Vieill. Bill less robust ; the tip notched. 
