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ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIROS- 
CbatebopuSj Sw. Bill nearly 
as long as the head ; more 
or less straight from the 
Ijase ; much compressed ; 
obsoletely notched. Rictus 
bristled. Frontal feathers 
rigid. Wings short, rounded. 
Tail large, broad, soft, and 
rounded. Feet very large 
and strong. Tarsus lengthened; the anterior scales 
divided. Lateral toes nearly equal ; hind toe large, 
newly as long as the middle toe. Plumage iL 
soft. (^ff. 211.) ® 
Reinwardii. Z. 111. i. 30. • albogularis. Z. P. iii. 187 
ruficeps.Pl.5 No.31.(J%.2n.) • oeellatus. lb. iii. 48. 
P atveircos. W. Af. i. 274. * variegatus. Ib. 
*erythLephalus. lb. 
• *squamatiis. l.of O.ii.pl.4. 
p ora i.s. Z. P. HI. 186. * chrysopterus. Z. P. iii 48 
leucolophus. Lin. Pr. xi. pi. 15. • rufo-gularis. lb 
GBAnniNA Vieillotf Bill slender, straight, rather cv- 
lindncal above ; the sides very little compressed ; the 
base broader than high ; the tips of both mandibles 
distinctly notched. Nostrils naked, basal. Rictus with 
a few bristles. Wings very long ; the first and second 
quills graduated ; the four next the longest. Tail 
lengthened, even. Feet strong, formed for walking, 
black; the anterior scales divided, the rest entire. 
Lateral toes equal ; the middle toe and claw short, 
and very little longer than the hind toe. Aus- 
tralia. 
G. melanoleuca. Vieil. Gal. pi. 150. 
Cindosoma, Horsfield and Vigors. Bill very straight : 
the culmen and gonys equally curved towards the 
supposed new genus, /an(L"iSc/a*Ser1v’hich\£Vh'' ' 
precisely those of Craieropus, publish^ 
"obes^SioTln^ InfrUSWerfn"?!:^!!; 
It evidently a repreteiilation of further analysis : it 
