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6. Chin-angle not produce

exceeding the middle toe and claw, when measured as above ;
outer toe longer than the inner one; nares pervious ; no ossified nasal
septum ; palatines with the postero-external angle produced ; first

primary shorter than the inner secondaries

PTILONORHYNCHID.

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Fig. 5.—Ventr sk Pt }
a i ai aspect of skull of Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (slightly enlarged).
ig, 6.—Plantar surface Elure assirostris, fi i i
é ace of foot of Zuredus crassirostris, from dried specimen, to show the proportions of the toe
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The genus Zora, whi
genus ria, whic ave placed ; } !
i. fe | , which I have placed among the Ptilonorhynchide, may yet turn out to be a true
ird of Paradise when its osteolocy i | a a
steology is known ; but spec 3 OF 1 1 [
Pp ; but specimens of the single species
eo single species of the genus are so rare
in collections that I have not been able to examine the skull ! : |
All the members ili |
l ers of the f. 25 adisei ) )
e families Paradiseide and Ptilonorhynchide are remarkable for the strength of
their feet, and the scutellation of the tarsus seemed at one ti to off | mean
; é > time to offer a character for the di latic
oo , aracter for the differentiation
genera; but I have found this fe: 1
eature in the tarsus t reak dc
sue ‘ o break dow Til Vaal 5 :
fee ak down utterly. To make sure of
his character, I ask ; 6
a »l asked Mr. H. Gronvold, an expert friend, to examine tl 1 i
British Museum, so as to check the c t f a
sorrectness of my identificati L i
2 | eax torn ee ae
the tarsus scutellated in front in the genera Pfilorhi ‘ ations. The result is that we found
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genera Ptilorhis and Drepa », plain in ) }
Epimachus meyeri has a scutellated ta - pananax, plain in Seleucides and Drepanornis.
‘ é arsus, while &. speciosus has ; i 4
ae E. speciosus has a plain tarsus. After this we gave
a" es = r of value in the Paradiserde '
e posterior extremities of i
} ities of the pal
E - atine bones
skull, which varies in the families ; =

up the scutellation of the tarsus as a characte

as seen in the ventral aspect of
Corvide, Depaaleaiie. er 1 Bs tral aspect of the
importance. » and Ltelonorhynchide, is apparently of some
manerealleecne <cncn :
ie following synopsis represents my present conclusi
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Pe Bower Biss. lons as to the classification of the Birds of Paradise