. Birds. Birds. 102 CORACIAB^. 6. Oil-gland tufted; caeca absent. c'. Pour notches behind sternum Halcxohes. dl. Two notches behind sternum. a". No lateral bare tracts (apteria) on neck; 11 primaries BtrcEEOTES. h". Lateral cervical apteria present; 10 pri- maries TJpnPjB. The South-American Motmots and Todies also belong here. Suborder COBACI^. Cseca present. Oil-gland nude. Sternum with four notches on the posterior margin, and the manubrium sterni consists of the outer process (spina externa) only and is long and not distinctly forked. Both carotids are present. The spia
. Birds. Birds. 102 CORACIAB^. 6. Oil-gland tufted; caeca absent. c'. Pour notches behind sternum Halcxohes. dl. Two notches behind sternum. a". No lateral bare tracts (apteria) on neck; 11 primaries BtrcEEOTES. h". Lateral cervical apteria present; 10 pri- maries TJpnPjB. The South-American Motmots and Todies also belong here. Suborder COBACI^. Cseca present. Oil-gland nude. Sternum with four notches on the posterior margin, and the manubrium sterni consists of the outer process (spina externa) only and is long and not distinctly forked. Both carotids are present. The spiaal feather-tract well defined on the neck, but forked on the upper back, to leave a dorsal apterium or featherless space. 14 cervical vertebrae. The plantar tendons blend completely before subdividing at all. A single Kg. 28.—Left foot of C. indica. Family COEACIADtE. Bill corvine in shape, the upper mandible notched beneath near the end, culmen rounded. Outer united to the middle toe at the extreme base, inner toe united by its basal joint. Nostrils at the base of the mandible. Primaries 10; tail-feathers 12. Sexes Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Oates, Eugene William, 1845-1911; Blandford, William Thomas, 1832-1905. London, Taylor and Francis
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