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directed forwards, and hiding the nostrils. Wings 
long, ample, and rounded ^ the four first quills 
graduated. Feet slender, feeble. Lateral scales en- 
tire. Tarsus rather short. Middle toe not much 
longer than the outer, which is again longer than the 
inner; hind toe lengthened. Tail rounded. 
P, plumalus. West. Af. pi. 26. 
CoLUJRiciNcr.A, Vigors, 202.) Bill much com- 
pressed, and the tip not so 
abruptly hooked. Nostrils 
partially covered with 
setaceous feathers and 
bristles. Wings rather 
lengthened, and pointed ; 
the first quill only half as 
long as the second ; the 
three next nearly equal, and longest. T ail moderate, 
even. Feet strong : the lateral toes unequal ; the 
outer longest, and slightly connected to the middle. 
Claws acute. Lateral scales entire. Australia only. 
Tenuirostral. 
C. cinerea. Lin. Tr. XV. p. 214. strigata. Part No. 8. 
Subfam. DlCRURINAl. Drongo Shrikes. 
Bill compressed towards the end ; the culmen gradually 
arched, and bent over the lower mandible. Feet short. 
Tail lengthened, generally forked. MTngs long, and 
more or less pointed. Inhabits the warm latitudes of 
the Old World. 
Tephbodornis, Sw. {fig. S. p. 8.) Bill resembling 
Prionops ; the base and the nostrils being partially 
covered with procumbent setaceous feathers and 
bristles. Wings moderate, rounded. il'ail rather 
short, perfectly even. Tarsi and toes short ; the 
lateral toes unequal ; hinder toe longer than the 
tarsus. 
T. superciliosus. Parts. No. 9. virgatus. P. C. 256. f- 1. 
Melasoma, Sw. {fig. 204. rf) BiU of the general shape 
of DicruriM, but much more slender and delicate. 
