CALIJEATINiE. 
concealed by the incumbent frontal plumes. Wings short, weak, rounded, with the sixth, seventh, and 
eighth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail rather lengthened and rounded. Tarsi longer than the 
middle toe, and covered with broad scales in front. Toes long, united at the base, and the outer toe 
as long as the inner one ; the hind toe longer than the outer one, and depressed ; the claws large, 
and rather curved and acute. 
This type is found on the high mountains of Northern India, close to the ridge of perpetual snow. 
C. amodius Hodgs. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1841. p. 857. pi. 
December, 1 845. 
