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69 ... Wing pointed ; secondaries 



falling short of tip of wing 



by length of tarsus or more — ... 72 



70 ... Tail forked ... Hypsipetes 



71 ... No cheek stripe or black 



patch under ear coverts ... 22 H. ganeesa 



69 ... 72 ... Wing blunt; secondaries fall- 

 ing short of the wing by 

 much less than length of 

 tarsus ... ... Molpastes 



73 ... Under tail coverts red ... 23 M. hamiorrhous 



67 ... 74 ... Crest inconspicuous or absent 

 75 ... Upper tail coverts not reach- 

 ing the middle of the tail... 



66 ... 76 ... Feathers of forehead and 

 crown slightly lengthened 



and softened ... — ... 82 



77 ... Bill three quarters length of 



head ; culmen laterally com- 

 pressed and sharply cari- 



nated ... ... Iole ... 79 



78 ... Crown and upper plumage 



uniform ; lower plumage 

 bright yellow ... 24 I. icterica 



77 ... 79 ... Bill smaller, about half of 

 head ; culmen not much 

 compressed or carinated . . . Pycnonotus 



80 ... Throat yellow ... ... 25 P. melanicterus 



81 ... Throat brown or gray ... 26 P. luteolus 

 76 ... 82 ... Feathers at sides of crown 



and over ear coverts long 



and pointed . . . Kelaartia 



27 K. penicillata (only 

 19 ... 83 ... Inner and hind toe very un- one species) 



equal ... ... Sittidse 



Sitta (only one 

 genus) 



84 ... Uniform purplish blue ; above 



forehead black ... 28 S. frontatis 



18 ... 85 ... With ten rectrices ... Dicruridae 



86 ... Outer tail feathers not ex- 



ceeding middle ones by 



length of wing — ... 94 



87 ... Forehead not tufted ... Dicrurus ... 93 



88 ... Entire plumage deep glossy; 



black in the adult ... 29 D. ater 



89 ... Upper plumage deep indigo, 



below uniform gray ... 30 D. longicaudatus 



90 ... Below partially white 



91 ... Throat and breast gray ... 31 D. cserulescens 



92 ... Throat and breast dark 



brown ... ... 32 D. leucopygialis 



87 ... 93 ... Forehead tufted ... Dissemurulus 



33 D. lophorhinus (only 

 one species) 



