Genus— CONOPOPHILA. 
Conopophila Reichenbach, Handb. Spec. 
Ornith., Abth. 2 (Handb. Meropinse), p. 119 
(leones ad Synopsin, Cont. No. IX., 
March 1st, 1852), 1852. Type (by sub¬ 
sequent designation Gray, Cat. Gen. 
Subgen. Birds, p. 24, 1855) .. .. Entomophila albogularis Gould. 
Smallest “ Honey-eaters,” with short bills, long wings, long square tail and 
short legs with delicate feet. 
The bill is shorter than the head, straight, culmen slightly arched, tip a 
little decurved; nasal groove long, more than one-third the length of the bill, 
the nasal aperture as a long linear slit strongly operculate ; the culmen some¬ 
what attenuate anteriorly, a little expanded basally ; nasal and rictal bristles 
obsolete, scarcely perceptible; interramal space narrow, feathered, nearly 
half the length of the mandible. 
The living has the first primary short, a little less than half the length of 
the second which is about equal to the seventh ; the third, fourth and fifth 
subequal and longest. 
The tail is long and square. 
The legs are short, the tarsus in front appearing as booted through the 
fusion of the half dozen scutes which can be clearly seen in the immature ; 
the toes are long and slender, the middle toe and claw a little longer than the 
hind-toe and claw which is, however, stouter; the outer toe longer than the 
inner, all the claws delicate. 
Key to the Species. 
Throat white 
Throat reddish-brown 
.. C. albogularis. 
.. C. rufogularis. 
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