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MEROPDIZ, 333 
M. apiaster. Selby, pl. 41. urica. Zool. Ill. i. pl. 8. 
Javanica. Horsf. Savignii. West. Af. ii. 
Nvcriornis, Sw. Bill considerably curved, very long : 
the culmen with a parallel groove on each side. Wings 
rounded, convex. Plumage lax. Feet short, insesso- 
rial, resembling those of Prionites. 
N. amictus. Zool. Il. ii.p].56. cxruleus. Ill. Orn. ii. pl. 58. 
Coracras, Linn. Roller. (fig. 289. ¢) Bill moderate, 
straight ; the sides broad, but much compressed. The 
tip of the upper mandible bent over that of the lower, 
which is obliquely truncate. Nostrils basal, oblique, 
linear. Gape very wide, extending beneath the eye; the 
sides bristled. Feet insessorial, very short. All the toes 
cleft to their base; inner toe much the shortest. 
Wings moderate, pointed. 
C. Abyssinica. Pl]. Enl. 626. 
Eurystomus, Vieil. ( fig. 289. 6) Resembling Coracias ; 
but the bill is shorter and wider, and the wings one 
Nostrils very long. Rictus smooth. 
_ E. Orientalis. Part 5. No. 137. Australis. Part 5. No. 136. 
Cuioropyeia, Sw. General form between Tamatia 
and Coracias. Bill short; the tip not abruptly bent. 
Rictus bristled. Nostrils basal, linear, oblique. 
Wings short, convex, reaching only to the rump. 
The two first quills much graduated ; the four next 
nearly equal, and longest. Tail elongated, rounded, 
and broad. Feet as in Coracias. Madagascar. 
C. leptosomus. Lesson, Ill. Zool. pl. 22. 
Leprosomus, Vieillot. Bill about the length of the 
head, robust. The upper mandible curved, and 
notched near the tip. Gonys straight. Nostrils ob- 
long, oblique; the margins elevated, naked, and 
placed towards the middle of the upper mandible. 
Feet short. Toes in pairs, as in Tamatia. Wings 
lengthened, pointed; the first and second quills 
longest. Tail moderate, even. Madagascar, 1. 
L. viridis. Vieil. Gal. 40. Pl. Enl. 587. 
