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ON THE classification OP BIRDS. 
head ; entirely compressed. Frontal feathers advancing 
far upon tlie base, 
but not dividing 
the front. Cul-. 
men gradually 
curved from the 
base to the tip, 
which is distinctly 
notched. Commissure but slightly angulated. Under 
mandible with the base broad and dilated. Nostrils 
basal, naked, round, sunk in a depression. Frontal 
feathers short, velvety. Head with naked wattles. 
Wings as in Pastor. Tail short, even. Feet rather 
short, very strong. Tarsus and middle toe equal ; 
hinder toe shorter ; inner toe almost equal to the 
outer toe. India. The fissirostral type. 
G. religiosa. PI. Enl. 268. Dumonti. Lesson. Voy. pi. 26. 
Acbidotheres, Vieill. General structure of Pastor; 
but the whole of the head is entirely naked, and 
furnished with fleshy crests and wattles. Nostrils 
large, naked. Feet moderate. Tail even. Bill very 
wide at the base. {fig. 239. c) The tenuirostral 
type. 
A. carunculatus. O. d’Af. pi. 93, 94. 
OxYSTOMUs, Sw. Bill much lengthened, longer than 
the head ; the sides compressed. Culmen flattened, 
nearly straight, and angulated on each side ; the base 
advancing very far upon the head, and dividing the 
frontal feathers. Nostrils placed in a large depression 
towards the base of the bill. Wings very short, and 
considerably rounded. Tail moderate, rounded ; all 
the feathers, and the secondary quifls, ending in seta- 
ceous points. Legs long, and robust. Tarsus much 
longer than the middle toe : lateral toes unequal, the 
inner shortest. Pacific Islands. The scansorial type. 
O. carunculalus. Lath. G. Hist. pi. 79. 
ScBFAM. LAMPROTOUNINjE. Grate. 
Bill thrush-like, compressed ; the culmen curved from 
the base. Lateral tOes unequal. 
