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ON THE CLASSIFICATION OP BIRDS. 
with compact white feathers. India, Africa, and 
Australia. 
Z, dorsalis. Z. III. i. 165. cinerea. Part 5. No. 44. 
flava. West Af. ii. ambigua. Ib. No. 45. 
pallida. Part 5. No. 43. 
Pabus, Linnaeus. Bill 
stronger. Wings with 
the three first quills 
graduated. Feetstrong. 
Inner toe shortest. 
Claws broad, and much 
curved. 
JEgithina, Vieillot. Bill 
lengthened, rather 
stout : culinen very 
slightly curved ; the 
sides somewhat cylin- 
drical : the upper man- 
dible notched. Wings 
short ; the first quill shorter than the second. — 
( Vieillot.') (fig. 2 1 4. 6) 
JE. leucoptera. Vieil. Ois. d’Ara. ii. pi. 84. 
JEgithulus, Vigors. (fig.i\4i.g) Bill very straight ; the 
form acutely conic ; sides compressed ; tips entire. 
Rictus smooth. Wings short, rounded. Feet robust. 
Tarsus short. Anterior toes nearly equal. 
Al. Capensis. III. of Orn. iii. pi. 113. f. 1. 
Parus, Linn. Bill rather short, strong, conic; the 
sides compressed; tip entire. Tail rather length- 
ened, convex, even, or more or less rounded. Feet 
large and strong. Middle and hinder toes equal ; 
lateral toes unequal, (fig. 214. A, k) 
P. major. Selb. pi. 51. f. 1. biarmicus. Selb. pi. 51. f. 6. 
caudatus. Ib. pi. 51. f. S. leucopterus. West. Af. ii. 
Parisoma, Sw. Bill very short, straight; sides con- 
siderably compressed : upper mandible arched from 
the base, and notched ; lower thick : the gonys 
