Genus— GLYCICHJ1RA. 
Glycichjera Salvadori, Annal. Mus. Civ. Genova, Vol. 
XII., p. 335, June 4th, 1878. Type (by original 
designation) .. .. .. .. .. .. G. fallax Salvadori. 
Macgillivrayornis Mathews, South Austr. Ornithologist, 
Vol. I., pt. H., p. 12, April 1st, 1914. Type (by 
original designation) .. .. .. .. M. claudi Mathews. 
When I proposed the genus Macgillivrayornis I compared it with all the 
Australian Honey-eaters from which it obviously generically differed. I 
wrote the diagnosis thus : “ Bill equal to the head in length. First primary 
half the length of second, which is two-tliirds the length of the third ; fourth, 
fifth, and sixth equal and longest.” 
The bill is short, about equal to the head in length, straight, the culmen 
a little arched, the tip slightly decurved with a faint posterior notch; the 
nasal groove long but less than half the length of the bill, the nostrils linear 
slits ; nasal bristles few and small, rictal bristles scant and scarcely noticeable. 
The wing is rounded, formula as above, the secondaries long, exceeding in 
length the second primary. 
The tail is square in shape and comparatively short. 
The legs are weak and the feet small; the tarsal covering appears booted 
in adult, but sometimes scutes are obsoletely noted, and these are marked in 
the young ; the toes are delicate, the claws short; the outer and inner toes 
are subequal, and about equal to the middle toe alone, and the middle toe and 
claw are longer than the hind-toe and claw. 
The noticeable features of this genus are the long fluffy feathers of the 
back and the long feathers on the thighs. 
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