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notched. Tail even. Legs pale. Lateral claws nearly 
equal. Tongue as in Meliphaga proper, {fig. 287.) 
E. bicinctus. Part 5. No. 188. {fig. 287.) 
Entomiza, Sw. {fig. 288. 6) Bill .strong, moderate : 
culinen much elevated. Nostrils large, naked; the 
aperture large, oval, and placed in the middle of the 
biU, at the termination of the naked membrane. Cul- 
men obtuse, convex. Frontal feathers small, com- 
pact. Hind toe and claw very large, and as long as 
the middle toe. 
E. cyanotis. Lewiii, N. H. Birds, pi. 4. 
Philbdon, Cuvier, {fig. 288. a) Culraen sharp, cari- 
nated. Headandfacenaked. Front with an elevated pro- 
tuberance. Hind toe and claw shorter than the middle. 
P. corniculatus. White’s Voy. pi. 16. bucerdides. Part 5. 
Myzomela, Horsfield and Vigors, {fig. 288. d) BiU with 
both mandibles very considerably curved ; the sides 
broad, and much compressed. Tongue and nostrils as 
in Meliphaga. Wings lengthened ; the third, fourth, 
and fifth quills equal. Tail short, even. Middle 
toe much longer than the hinder lateral toes equal. 
M. cardinatis. Lewin, N. H. Birds, pi. 19.* 
Akachnotuera, Tern. {fig. 288. c) Bill very long, 
more or less curved : the upper mandible large, fold- 
ing over and partly concealing the base of the lower 
mandible: the base broad, and three-sided; the tip 
* Can this be tiie fiftii subgerms of Melipltofia ? or an aberrant MelUhreptet >. 
