12. Genus, MICROPUS.
Rostrum caput longitudine cequans, rectum, Bill as long as the head, straight, some-
sub-conicum; gonys ascendens. Rictus ei what conic, the gonysascending. Rictus and
nares vibrissis debilibus, divergentibus cir- nostrils surrounded with weak diverging bris-
cumcincti. Tarsi brevissimi, caligati. Digiti ties. Tarsi very short; the scales undivided •
laterales incequales. Hallux tarsum cequans. lateral toes unequal; hinder toe as long as the
Alae mediocres. Cauda cequalis. tarsus. Wings moderate, rounded ; tail even.
Type.—T. chalcocephalus, Temm., pi. col. 483. Turdus bicolor, Gray ; and three other species. India.
13. Genus, PHYLLASTREPHUS.
Rostrum caput longitudine cequans, vali-
dum, apice arcuatd. Vibrissae mastacales
validce. Plum« capistri parvce, densce, re-
cumbentes. Alae caudaque mediocres, rotun-
datce. Pedes breves, validi, robusti ; scutulae
tarsi anticce distinctce. Digiti laterales incequales.
Hallux tarso brevior, digitum medium
cequans. Ungues magni, lati, uncinati,
acuti.
Bill as long as the head, strong, the tip rather
hooked ; rictus strongly bristled ; frontal
feathers small, compact, directed forward.
Wings and tail moderate, rounded. Feet
short, strong, robust. Anterior tarsal scales
divided. Lateral toes unequal. Hinder toe
shorter than the tarsus, but as long as the
middle toe. Claws large, broad, hooked,
acute.
Type.—Le Jaboteur, Le Vaill., pi. 112, f. 1. Five species, all from Africa.
Sub-family, MYOTHERINÆ.
14. Genus, DASYCEPHALA.
Rostrum caput longitudine cequans, basi
latum, medio cylindricum, apice aduncum;
gonyde ascendente. Nares et capistrum plumis
rigidis setisque tectce. Vibrissæ mastacales
validce. Tarsi elongati, graciles : squamis la-
teralibus pluribus, parvis, ovalibus. Digiti
et ungues graciles. Digitus internus brevis ;
externus medio connexus. Unguis posticus
permagnus, Alæ caudaque rotundatce.
Types.—Ty. rufescens, Sw. Rufiventer, Viei
Bill as long as the head, straight, the tip
abruptly hooked, the base wide; cylindrical
beyond. Gonys ascending. Nostrils and
front of the head defended by rigid feathers
and bristles. Rictus strongly bristled. Tarsi
lengthened, slender; lateral scales numerous,
small, oval. Toes and claws slender; inner
toe short; outer toe connected to the middle;
hind claw very large. Wings and tail rounded.
E., &c. Five species from Brazil; one Africa.
Sub-family, MERULIN.dE.
15. Genus, CHAÈTOPS.
Rostrum mediocre, rostri merulce instar, Bill moderate, thrush-like, notched; nostrils
emarginatum; nares basales, magnce, nudce, basal,large,naked,membranaceous; theapermembqancece,
foramine laterali, lineari. Phi**
mae capistri rigidce, rhachidibus setaceis;
quibus plumae menti simillimce sed debiliores.
Vibrissse mastacales. Alae brevissimce, rotundatce.
Cauda longiuscula, lata, convexa, mollis,
rectricibus intermediis cequalibus ; paribus
duobus lateralibus gradatis. Tarsi longissimi,
validi ; scutulce anticce distinctce ; digiti laterales
incequales; ungues parvi, obtusi, parum
curvati; ires anteriores cequales.
Typus.—Ch. Burchelli, supra fuligneus, striis griseis,
sublus uropygioque rufescens, remigibus spuriis et fascia
terminali rectricum exticarum albis.
Obs.^-I have given the full characters of this and the n<
discovered by Mr. Burchell in southern Africa.
ture lateral, linear. Frontal feathers rigid,
the shafts composed of bristles; chin feathers
the same, but weaker. Rictus bristled. Wings
very short, rounded. Tail rather lengthened,
broad, convex, soft, the middle feathers even,
the two lateral pairs graduated. Tarsi very
long, strong; anterior scales divided; lateral
toes unequal. Claws small, obtuse, and
slightly curved; the three anterior of equal
size.
Type.—Ch. Burchelli, above blackish-brown striped
with grey ; rump and under plumage rufous. Spurious
quills and terminal band on the lateral tail feathers white.
:t genus on account of their extreme rarity. Chaetopswas
Sub-family, CRATEROPODINÆ.
16. Genus, PELLORNEUM*.
Rostrum mediocre, rectum, subconicum,
apice emarginatum. Gonys ascendens. Plumae
capistri parvce, rigidce, recumbentes. Vibrissas
mastacales. Alae brevissimce, valde rotundatce.
Cauda mediocris, gradata. Tarsus
digitusque medius cequales: digiti laterales
multb brevior es, cequales. Ungues antici
minimi, parum curvati. Hallux digito medio
brevior. Scutulas anticce vix distinctce.
Typus.—Pellorneum ruficeps, supra brunneum ; subtus
falvescenti-alpum, striis firunneis, mento albo immaculato,
fronte verticeque rufis. Hab. in India. MtJS. No ST.
Bill moderate, straight, somewhat conic ;
the tip notched. Gonys ascending. Frontal
feathers small, rigid, directed forward. Rictus
bristled. Wings very short, much rounded.
Tail moderate, graduated. Tarsus and middle
toe of equal length; lateral toes much shorter,
equal. Anterior claws very small, and but
slightly curved. Hinder toe shorter than the
middle. Anterior scales scarcely divided.
Type.-—Pellorneum ruficeps, above brown, beneath fulvous
white, striped with brown; chin white immaculate;
front- and crown rufous. Inhabits India. Mus. Nost.
Obs.—This genus represents, or rather passes into Phyllastrephus ; thus connecting the Crateropodirue and the
Brachypodince. From the former it is distinguished by its more slender thrush-like feet, its small slightly curved
claws, See. The general appearance of the only species I have yet seen, and which is from India, is that of a small
thrush, but resembling a Timalia. By the two last genera, the true passage is marked from the genus Orpheus to that
of Crateropus. A belief that this form existed, although it was then entirely unknown to me, gave rise to the opinion
expressed at p. 153, that the genus Icteria was not the type which united the Brachypodinee to the Crateropodince.
17. Genus, CRATEROPUS.
Rostrum caput cequans, valde compressum, Bill as long as the head, much compressed ;
Th. TtXXas fu s c u e t avis.