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PH^ENICOPFLEUS. MALKOHA. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum valde robustum, 

 subincurvatum. 



Pedes simplices: digitis duo- 

 bus anticis, duobus posticis, 

 externo longiore. 



Caput circa oculos denuda- 

 tum, papillatum. 



Beak very strong, and slightly 

 incurved. 



Feet simple ; two toes point- 

 ing forwards, and two back- 

 wards, the outward toe 

 longest. 



Head naked round the eyes, 

 and waited. 



JL HIS genus is readily distinguished from Cu- 

 culus by the naked and papillated space that sur- 

 rounds the eyes, and from Polophilus by the 

 structure of the hinder toes. 



The head is somewhat square and very thick ; 

 the wings rather short, and the tail remarkably 

 long. 



