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 LIOTHEIX. 327 subfamilies; the tarsus is strong, tbougli more fitted for arboreal than terrestrial habits and the bill is usually short. Key to Oenera. A. First primary about half the length of the second. a. Tail considerably shorter than wing. a'. Tail-feathers curved outwards Liothrix, p. 327. h'. Tail-feathers straight. a". Upper tail-coverts falling short of tip of tail by less than the length of hind toe. Cutia, p. 329. h". Upper tail-coverts falling short of tip of tail by about the length of tarsus. a" . Tarsus longer than middle toe and claw. a^. Bill stout, strongly notched and hooked at tip. a Bill about half the length of head; fp. 330. cidmen well curved Pterttthius, b^. Bill as long as head; culmen nearly straiiiht Authorhynchus, b^. Bill slender and very little deflected [p. 337. at tip. c'. Plumage principall}' black and greenish yellow ^githina, p. 3.39. iP. Plumage green and red Myzornis, p. 344. h'". Tarsus shorter than middle toe and claw Chloropsis, b. Tail and wing about equal in length. [p, 346. c'. Outer tail-feather falling short of tip of tail by a distance equal to length of tarsus. . Hilarocichla. d'. Outer tail-feather falling short of tip of tail [p. 336. by a distance less than length of tarsus, c". Closed bill deeper than wide at nostril . . Mesia, p. 353. d". Closed bill equal in width and depth at nostril Minla, p. 355. B. First primary about a sixth the length of the [p. 356. second Hypocolius, Genus LIOTHRIX Swains., 1831. The genus Liothrix contains one remarkable species of hill-bird, which is characterized by a slightly forked tail, the feathers of which are gently curved oittwards; the bill is about half the length of the head, stout and with the culmen curved. It resembles very closely the bill of Mesia, figured below (p. 354). The tail is quite square at the tip and the upper tail-coverts are long. The species extends from Simla in the Western Himalayas, East into China and South into S. Burma and Siam. It is divisible into several geographical races. Liothrix lutea. Key to Suhsjpecies. A. Smaller; wing, male 65 to 71 mm., female 61 to 05 mm L. Intea cnllipt/ya, p. 328. B. Larger; wing, male 72 to 76, female 6Q mm. L. I. yiamanensis, p. 329.