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tooth very prominent. Wings moderate, somewhat 
pointed. Tail rounded, or slightly graduated. Lateral 
toes free, and equal. Claws 200. i) acute. 
L. excubitor. P. E. 4^5. (a, A) collurio. P. E. 32. f. 2. 
excubitoides. N. Z. ii. pl.34. collaris. O. d’Af. i. pi. 61. 
borealis. N. Z. pi. 33. flavirostris. W. Af.i.233.Cc) 
elegans. N. Z. p. 122. Hardwickii. Gould’s Cent, 
meridionali.s. P. E. 32. f. I. pi. 12. 
rufus. P. E. 9. f. I. superciliosus. Ib. pi. 12. 
Telophonus, Sw. Bill more lengthened, slightly 
hooked; the tooth smaller. Wings very short and 
rounded. Tail lengthened, graduated. Lateral toes 
free ; the inner very slightly shorter than the outer. 
leucogratnniicus.(^^g. 200.d) longirostris. Part.3. No.6. (g) 
erytbropterus. Ois. d'Af. collaris. O. d’Af. ii. pi. 67.(y) 
pi. 70. e) 
CH.aETOBLEMMA, Sw. (^^.201.) BUI short ; the tip 
merely curved, and the 
tooth obsolete. Front 
defended by thick-set 
bristly feathers, direct- 
ed forwards. Wings 
lengthened ; the third 
quill the longest. Feet 
short, robust. Middle 
nnd hinder toe of the same length ; lateral toes free, 
nearly equal. The fissirostral? type. Analogous to 
Tephrodornis, 
L. Icucocepbala. Sw. Part. 3. No. S. 
Nilaus, Sw. Bill lengthened, slender, with a prominent 
hook and tooth. Wings moderate ; the fourth and 
fifth quill longest. Tail short, and nearly even ; the 
feathers narrow and obtuse. T arsi moderate, slender 
Inner toe shorter than the outer. Tenuirostral } 
N. capensis. Ois. d’Af. ii. pi. 71. (Jig- 121. p. 1.3.) 
PALcuNcunus, Vieil. Bill very short and broad; the 
hook slight, and the tooth small. Wings moderate. 
Tail divaricated, or slightly forked. Feet semi- 
scansorial ; the hind toe lengthened, and longer than 
