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MELIPHAGID^.. 



SYLVIAD^. 

 GENUS CXV. -5.— CORYDALLA, Vigors. 



Rostrum subelongatum, sub- 

 forte. 



Al(B caudaque ut in genere 

 Antho. 



Pedes subgraciles ; tarsi ele- 

 vati, hallucis ungue elon- 

 gato, recto. 



Beak rather elongated, 



somewhat strong. 

 Wings and^ai/as in the genus 



Antlius. 

 Legs rather slender: tarsi 



elevated : the claw of the 



hinder-toe lengthened and 



straight. 



Type. — Sp. 1. Co. Richardi. Vigors. 



Anthus Richardi. Staph, v. xiii. 2. p. 239. — Britain, &c. 



MELIPHAGIDiE. 



GENUS CCLXXIV.—MIMETES, King; vide page 26C. 



Rostrum forte, subarcuatum, 

 subcultratum : mandihulis 

 utrisque apice emargin- 

 ;atis; naribus basilaribus, 

 lateralibus, subovalibus, 

 membrana partim tectis. 



Lingua ad sugendum idonea ? 



Alee mediocres, rotundatae ; 

 remege prima brevissima, 

 secunda et sexta aequali- 

 bus ; tertia et quarta fere 

 aequalibus longissimis ; 

 quinta his paulo breviori : 

 remigum tertise ad sextam 

 inclusam pogoniis externis 

 in medio gradatim pro- 

 ductis. 



Beah strong, rather arcu- 

 ated, somewhat cultrate; 

 with the mandibles notched 

 at the tip ; nostrils basal, 

 lateral, suboval, partly 

 covered by a membrane. 



Tongue formed for suction ? 



Wings moderate, rounded ; 

 with the first cjuill shortest, 

 the second and sixth equal, 

 the third and fourth nearly 

 equal and longest ; the 

 fifth rather shorter: the 

 third to the sixth quills 

 inclusive with their outer 

 webs gradually produced 

 in the middle. 



