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AVIFAUNA OF LATSAN, ETC. 



Bill more or less broad and flattened, with a distinct notch ; rictal bristles few and not 

 very strong. Nostrils in front of a big groove. 



The plumage is soft and full. The primaries are ten in number, the secondaries nine. 

 The fifth, sixth, and seventh primaries are about equal and longest; the first is well developed 

 and half as lorn? as the second. The tail lias 12 rectrices and is about equal. The tarsus is 

 covered in front by a long and unbroken lamina. The alimentary organs are essentially those 



Key to the Genus Phaeornis. 



A. Spotted above : Young of all species. 

 13. Uniform above : Adults of all species. 



a. Very conspicuous white marks on outer rectrices. 



a'. Wing- not less than 4 inches ; feet dark P. myiadeshna. 



V. Wing much less than 4 inches ; feet light P. jjalmeri. 



b. No conspicuous white marks on outer rectrices. 



& '. Wing longer, below darker P> obscura. 



d' . Wing shorter, below lighter P. lanaiensis. 



