PTILORIS. 
The tail is square, the feathers broad. 
The legs are short and stout, the front showing obscurely scutes, the 
sides of the hhider portion, which is bilaniinate, also, however, showing the 
scute formation, in young specimens clearly, in older ones more indistinctly; 
tlie toes are stout, the hind-toe longest and stoutest, the hind-claw also longest 
and strongest; the outer toe longer than the inner, the middle toe longer 
than either, but the iimer with claw exceeding middle toe alone. 
Key to the Species. 
Smaller: Female sparsely spotted on under-surface 
Larger: Female heavily marked on under-surface 
victoria 
paradisea 
