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848 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
V. calva. Tem. Pig. i. 63. _— olax. Pl. Col. 241. 
aromatica. Pl]. Enl. 163. 4 | 
Sphenurus, Sw. Habit of Vinago ; but ie tail long 
and graduated ; the two middle feathers greatly 
narrowed, and projecting considerably beyond 
rest. Fissirostral type. 
S. iter et Pl. Enl. 240. 
mandible considerably thickened Nostrils surmount- 
ed by a compressed and recurved crest advancing 
on the basal half of the culmen. Wings very long ; 
the two first quills slightly graduated. ‘Tail long, 
even. Australia. Rasorial type.* 
L. dilophus. Shaw’s Zool. N. H. pl. 5. 4 
CotumBa, Linn. Bill slender. Feet formed both for 
perching and walking. The tarsus not longer than 
the hallux ; the lateral toes equal. (fig. 299. d) 
Columba. Wings rather lengthened and pointed ; t 
three first quills nearly cudal and longest. Tai 
rather short, even, or slightly rounded. Hinder toe 
longer than ‘the tarsus. 3 
C. palumbus. Selby, pl. 56. f. 1. 1 
Geopelia, Sw. Size small. Wings short, roundel : 
the three first quills graduated, the first generally 
narrowed towards the tip. Tail lengthened, gradu- 
ated, obtuse. Hinder toe shorter than the tarsus. | 
India. The tenuirostral type. : 
G. lineata. Mus. Carl. pl. 67. * | 
Ectopistes, Sw. Wings very long, pointed ; the two first 
quills the longest. Tail cuneated ; the four middle fea- 
thers lanceolate. Hinder toe and tarsus equal ; the la * 3 
ter half-plumed. The fissirostral type. (fig. 299. og ) 
E. migratoria. Wilson, pl]. 44. f: 1. 
Macropygia, Sw. Wings moderate, rounded; the firs 
and second quills graduated, and much shorter tha 
* The Columba oceanica and enea, which I have not examined, may DOSSi= | 
bly represent the remaining, or tenuirostral type; in which case they can | 
bear Mr. Selby’s excellent name of CO POP AEE Vide Nat. Lib. v. p. si f 
