CROTOPHAGIN^. 
Wings lengthened, with the third quill the longest. Tail long and rounded. Tarsi shorter than the 
middle toe, covered with broad scales. Toes: the lateral outer toe nearly equal, and the fore toes 
united at the base. 
The type of this genus is peculiar to the woods of Australia, and is discovered by its loud screaming noise. It may 
be observed very high in the air, wheeling about with great swiftness. Its food consists of insects both in the perfect 
and larva state, seeds, and figs. 
S. Nova Hollandim Latli. White's Journ. pi. 142. — Scythrops Australasiae Shaw ; S. australis Swains. Mag. de Zool. 1835. Ois. t. 37. 
May, 1845. 
