Genus — PURNELL A. 
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Purnella Mathews, Austral Avian Record, 
Vol. II., pt. 5, p. Ill, Sept. 24th, 1914. 
Type (by original designation) .. .. Glyciphila albifrons Gould. 
At the place quoted I wrote : “ From material supplied by Dr. J. Burton 
Cleland, I find that Gliciphila melanops differs generically from Gliciphila 
albifrons of my List of the Birds of Australia, pp. 266-267. I therefore 
introduce Purnella. Type Gliciphila albifrons Gould. Differs from Gliciphila 
Swainson in having a fleshy caruncle on the posterior canthus of the eye, 
of a deep pinkish flesh-colour.” 
Compared with the preceding there are many other differences. The 
bill is shorter and stouter, shorter than the head, the tip decurved rather 
strongly with a strong posterior notch, and the nasal groove extends nearly 
half the length of the bill. 
The wing formula differs appreciably ; the first primary is half the length 
of the second and more than one-third the length of the third ; the second 
primary is less than the seventh and is nearly equalled by the secondaries ; 
the fourth and fifth primaries are subequal and longest, the third a little 
shorter and about equal to the sixth. 
The legs are stronger; the tarsus stouter and shorter; the toes are 
shorter, and the claws are shorter and more curved, and the whole foot is 
stronger. 
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