Genus— SPILOGLAUX. 
(Plate 54.) 
Sm alt, Strigine birds with short bills, short wings, long tails, long feathered 
tarsus and short, sparsely-feathered toes. 
The bill is very short and hooked, with a long tip ; under-edge of the 
mandible slightly wavy, almost straight; nostrils almost circular, placed high 
up in the fore-part of the cere, almost on the culmen ridge, and directed forward ; 
the nostrils are almost obscured when viewed from the side, but clearly seen 
from the front. The under mandible is medium, broad, scoop-like, with a 
truncate tip. 
The wing is short and rounded, the fouidh primary slightly the longest, 
but the third, fourth and fifth are practically sub-equal; the sixth about 
8 mm. shorter than the fifth ; the second about 25 mm. shorter than the 
fourth ; the seventh a little shorter than the second ; the first about 35 mm. 
shorter than the second. The outer w r eb of the first primary is practically 
soft, not stiff or saw-like. The tail is long and slightly rounded and less than 
twice the length of the wing. The tarsus is over twice the length of the culmen, 
and completely covered with feathers. The feet are small and weak and covered 
to the toes with bristles ; middle toe shorter than the tarsus ; claws long and 
rounded; the middle toe does not carry serrations. 
In the plate the head and foot are normal size ; the tail and wing two-thirds. 
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