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222 ... Rictal bristles long, numerous, 



about ten on each side ... Culicicapa 

 220 ... 223 ... Tail as long or longer than 



wing ... ... 71 C. ceylonensis (the 



only species) 



224 ... Head crested ... Tersiphone ... 228 



225 ... Crest long and pointed, reach- 



ing to the upper part of back 



226 ... Throat and sides of head ashy 72 T. paradisi $ at all 



ages and $ before 

 second autumn 



227 ... Throat and sides of head 



glossy black ... 72 T. paradisi 6 after 



second autumn 

 moult 



224 ... 228 ... Head not crested 



229 ... Tail about equal to wing ... Hypothymis ... 231 



230 ... Abdomen, vent, and under tail 



coverts white ... 73 H. azurea 



229 ... 231 ... Tail considerably longer than 



wing ... ... Rhipidura 



232 ... Forehead and sides of crown 



broadly white ... 74 R.albifrontata 



199 ... 233 ... Nostrils not covered by any 



hairs ... ... Turdidse 



234 ... Tarsus smooth ; rictal bristles 



present ; the insect food cap- 

 tured by sallies from a fixed 



perch ... ... Saxicolinas ... 238 



235 ... Bill broad at base ; rictal bris- 



tles numerous and strong... Pratincola 



236 ... Plumage entirely black and 



white ... ... 75 P. atratas? 



237 ... Chin and throat brown ; upper 



tail coverts deep ferruginous 75 P. atrata? 

 234 ... 238 ... Tarsus smooth, except in 

 Thamnolia ; rictal bristles 

 present; insect food cap- 

 tured on the ground ... Ruticillinse ... 254 



239 ... Tail rounded or square 



240 ... Tail largely chestnut ... Cyanecula ... 243 



241 ... Throat blue with a chestnut 



spot in the centre ... 76 C. suecica 



242 ... Throat buffish white ... 75 C. suecica $ 

 246 ... 243 ... Tail without any chestnut ... 



244 ... First primary longer than 



one-third of second 



245 ... Tail equal to or shorter than 



wing ... ... — ... 252 



246 ... Outer tail feathers falling 



short of tip of tail by less 

 than half length of middle 



toe ... ... ... 250 



247 ... Bill slender, curved ; no rictal 



bristles ... ... Thamnobia 



