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ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
V. calva. Tern. Pig. i. 63. olax. PI. Col. 241. 
aromatica. PI. Enl. 163. 
Sphenurus, Sw. Habit of Finago ; but the tail long 
and graduated ; the two middle feathers greatly 
narrowed, and projecting considerably beyond the 
rest. Fissirostral type. 
S. semitorquatus. PI. Enl. 240. 
Lopliorynchus, Sw. Bill strong : the base of the under 
mandible considerably thickened. Nostrils surmount- 
ed by a compressed and recurved crest advancing 
on the basal half of the culmen. Wings very long ; 
the two first quills slightly graduated. Tail long, 
even. Australia, llasorial type.* 
L. dilophus. Shaw’s Zool. K H. pi. S. 
CoLUMBA, Linn. Bill slender. Feet formed both for 
perching and walking. The tarsus not longer than 
the hallux ; the lateral toes equal. (_fig. 299 . d) 
Cohmba. Wings rather lengthened and pointed ; the 
three first quills nearly equal, and longest. Tail 
rather short, even, or slightly rounded. Hinder toe 
longer than the tarsus. 
C. palumbus. Selby, pi. 56. f. 1. 
Geopelia, Sw. Size small. Wings short, rounded ; 
the three first quills graduated, the first generally 
narrowed towards the tip. Tail lengthened, gradu- 
ated, obtuse. Hinder toe shorter than the tarsus. 
India. The tenuirostral type. 
G. lincata. Mus. Carl. pi. 67. 
Ectopistes, Sw. Wings very long, pointed ; the two first 
quills the longest. Tail cuneated ; the four middle fea- 
thers lanceolate. Hinder toe and tarsus equal ; the lat- 
ter half-plumed. The fissirostral type. (^Jig. 299- c, g) 
E. migratoria. Wilson, pi. 44. f. 1. 
Macropygia, Sw. Wings moderate, rounded; the first 
and second quills graduated, and much shorter than 
* The CoiuTr?bax€(tnfca and a^jiea, which 1 havenotexamined, mayjxwsi- 
bly represent the remahung, or tenuirostral tvpe ; in which case thev can 
bear Mr. Selby’s excellent name of Carpophaga. Vide Nat. Lib. v. p. 117. 
