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down above the nostril. The nostril is oval, cartilaginous above, situated 
at the base of the maxilla; the wing is long and pointed, longer than the tail, 
the 3"^^ quill longest, slightly exceeding the d*’', the secondaries hardly reaching 
more than half the length of the wing. A partial migrant. Probably parasitical. 
Feeds on insects, seeds. 
GENUS SCYTHROPS Lath. 
Description as for the subfamily. 
+ 74. SCYTHROPS NO VAE HOLLANDIAE Lath. 
Channel-bill. 
Scythrops novae-hollandiae fiyLatli., Ind. Orn. 1790, I, 141; (II) Tenim., PI. Ool. 1824, 
290; (III) Vieill. & Oud., Gal. Ois. I, 1825, 27, p. 39; (IV) Less., Tr. d’Orn. 1831, 
128 pi. 23, f. 1; (V) Lafresn., Mag. de Zool. 1835, pi. 37 (juv.); (VI) Kiister, 
Orn. Atlas 1838, pt. 15, pi. 4; (6^‘^) Sal. Milller, Wieg. Arch. 1846, XII, 116; (VII) 
Gkl, B. Austr. 1848, lY, pL 90; (8) Wall, Ibis 1860, 147; (9) id., P. Z. S. 1863, 
485; (10) Schl, Mus. P.-B. Cuculi 1864, 36; (11) Gld., Handh. B. Austr. 1865, I, 
628; (XII) Digglns, Orn. Austr. 1866, pt. lY, id.; (13) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, YTIT, 
27, 51; (13^^^) Bosenh., Malay. Arch. 1878, 275; (14) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 67; (15) 
Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1880, I, 372, and Agg. 1889, 52; 1891, 220; (16) Finsch, Mitth. 
Orn. Yer. Wien 1884, YIH, 93; (17) Meyer, Isis 1884, 18; (18) Guillem., P. Z. S. 
1885, 549; (19) W. Bias., Ztschr. ges. Orn.' 1885, 208, 260; (20) Bamsay, Pr. L. Soc. 
X. S. W. 1886, 1094; (21) North, ib. 1887, 410; id., ib. 1888, 1780; (22) Bams., 
Tab. List 1888, 15; (23) Cox & HamiL, Pr. L. Soc. X. S. W. 1889, 416; (24) Tristr., 
Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 82; (25) Xorth, Xests & Eggs B. Austr. 1889, 248, pi. YU, fig. 3 
Shelley, Cat. B. XIX, 1891, 330; Baldamus, Lehen d. Kuckucke 
1892, 154; ffiS; Xewton, Diet. B. 1893, 84, 125 note; (XXVIIP^^) Meyer, Yogel- 
skeL pt. XIX, 60, t. CLXXXY (1894); (29) M. & Wg., J. f. 0. 1894, 241; (30) fid.. 
Abb. Mus. Dresden 1895, Xr. 8, p. 6; (31) Hartert, Xov. Zool. 1896, 159, 243; 
(32) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1896, 69. 
a. Australian Channel-Bill (I) Lath., Syn. SuppL 1801, II, 96, pi. 124; (II) id., Gen. Hist. 
1822, n, 300, pL 32. 
b. Scythrops australasiae (I) Shaw, Gen. Zool. 1811, YHI, 2, 378, pi. 50. 
c. Cuculus praesagus (1) Beinw., MS. fide Bp., Consp. 1850, I, 97; (2) Beinw., Beiz. Ind. 
Archip. in 1821, 1858, 592. 
d. Scythrops novae-hollandiae var. praesagus (1) Briigg., Abb. Yer. Bremen 1876, Y, 56. 
“Laebukua”, Talaut (Xat. Coll.). 
“Ulaato”, Bone, Gorontalo Distr. (Bosenb. 75^*'®). 
“Kapureh” near Manado (“Purej” — Xat. Coll.). 
“Krok”, Minahassa (Meyer 14). 
“Uriah”, Tjamba Distr., S. Celebes (Platen 19). 
“Alo puti”, Bonthain, S. Celebes' (Bibb e & Kiilin). 
For further synonymy and references see Salvad. 15] Shelley 26. 
Figures and descriptions. Latham a I, a II] Shaw b I; Temminck II] Yieillot III] 
Lesson IF; Lafresnaye F; Kiister FI; Gould VII] Higgles XII] Meyer 
AX FIIP's (skeleton); Salvador! 75; W. Blasius 75; Xorth 25 (egg); Shelley 26. 
