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TIMALINÆ
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| b''. Bill toothed at the extremity. | |
| c'''. Bristles at gape stilt; under parts whitish | Gampsorhynchus, p. 230. |
| d'''. Bristles at gape hair-like; under parts parti-coloured | Trochalopterum, p. 161. |
| b. Bill longer than head and much compressed. | |
| d'. Bill less than 50 mm. long | Pomatorhinus, p. 205. |
| e'. Bill more than 50 mm. long | Xiphiramphus, p. 224. |
| B. Tail less than 88 mm. long, more than 45 mm. | |
| c. Wings short and rounded and fitting in close to the body. | |
| f'. Shafts of feathers of forehead stiff. | |
| c''. Tail longer than wing. | |
| e'''. Shafts of feathers of crown not glistening | Pyctorhis, p. 233. |
| f'''. Shafts of feathers of crown glistening. | |
| c4. Bill black and stout | Timalia, p. 225. |
| d4. Bill pale-coloured and more slender | Dumetia, p. 228. |
| d''. Wing longer than tail. | |
| g'''. Nostrils rounded and exposed, | |
| e4. Crown dark brown or blackish | Rhopocichla, p. 281. |
| f4. Crown rufous or rufous-brown | Mixornis, p. 272. |
| h'''. Nostrils protected by overhanging membrane. | |
| g4. Wing over 70 mm | Thringorhina, p. 261. |
| h4. Wing under 65 mm. | |
| c5. Culmen curved throughout its length, | |
| c6. Space round the eye feathered Stachyris, p. 263. | |
| d6. Space round the eye naked | Cyaxoderma, p. 271. |
| d5. Culmen straight and. bill w edge-shaped | Stachyridopsis, p. 267. |
| g'. Shafts of feathers of forehead not stiff-shafted, | |
| e''. Bill stout and straight, deeper at the centre than at the nostrils. | |
| i'''. Rictal bristles well developed. | |
| i4. Nostrils long, protected by an over-hanging membrane | Cursonia, p. 248. |
| j4. Nostrils oval and exposed | Malacocincla, p. 260. |
| j''. Rictal bristles obsolete or only feebly developed | Pellorneum, p. 237. |
| f''. Bill stout, generally curved throughout and deeper at the nostrils than in the middle. | |
| k'''. Outer edges of primaries uniform. | |
| k4. Nostrils long and overhimg by a membrane. | |
| e5. Small bristles overhanging the nostrils; outer tail-feathers less than 12 mm. shorter than middle pair | Alcippe, p. 275. |
| f5. No bristles over nostrils; outer tail-feathers more than 12 mm. shorter than middle pair | Schceniparus, p.283. |
