No. 49. — 1898.] ceylon birds. 



173 



334 ... 350 ... Bill short and triangular ; 

 primaries 9 or 10 



351 ... Nine primaries, first reaching 



to tip of wing 



352 ... Bill slender; lower line of 



inferior mandible almost 

 straight ... 



353 . . . No red on upper plumage . . . 



354 ... Lower tail coverts same 



colour as abdomen 

 No red on breast 

 Bill yellow ... 



Bill thick ; lower mandible 

 swollen ; its lower edge 

 much angulate 

 Tail rounded ; nostrils covered 

 by long hairs 



355 

 356 



352 ... 357 



358 .. 



Dicseidse 



Dicseum ... 357 



113 D. erythrorhyncus 



Acmonorhyn- 

 cus ... 359 

 114 A. vincens(the only 

 species) 

 Piprisoma 



115 P. squalidum 



Mesomyodi 



358 ... 359 ... Tail square ; nostrils bare ... 

 360 ... Upper plumage and side of 

 head ashy green ; lower 

 mandible coarse 

 1 ... 361 ... Intrinsic muscles of the 

 syrinx fixed at or near the 

 middle of the bronchial 

 semi-rings 



362 ... Ten primaries, the first of 



large size, distinguish this 

 family from other ten pri- 

 maried Passeres (see 4). 

 The crown has a con- 

 spicuous crest ... Pittidas 



363 ... Feathers at side of nape not 



conspicuously lengthened... Pitta 



364 ... Lower plumage with some 



brilliant crimson. Under 

 wing coverts black, with a 

 large white patch ... 116 P. brachyura 



7. On the motion of the Chairman a vote of thanks was accorded 

 to the writers of the Papers read. 



8. A vote of thanks to the Chair terminated the proceedings of 

 the Meeting. 



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