Mr. Swainson on several new groups in Ornithologi/. 34:5 



BRACHONYX. 



Rostrum breve, rectum, compressum ; culmine leviter arcuato, 

 Ala breviusculce ; remige \ma brevissimd, ^dd^ stid^ 4td^ et btdferS 



cequalibus, longissimis* 

 Cauda mediocris. 

 Pedes longiuscuU; tarsis squamis later alibus dimsis ; halluce 



ungue brevi sub-recto. 



Bill short, straight, compressed, the culmen slightly arched. 

 Wings rather short, the first quill nearly spurious, the four 

 following of equal length and longest. Tail moderate. Feet 

 rather long ; lateral scales of the tarsi divided : nail of Wnihind 

 toe short and nearly straight. 



Type? L^Alouette Bateleuse, Levaill., Ois. pi. 194. 



The three last groups will probably comprehend most of the 

 African Alaudce. As yet I have not seen one species from South 

 America, or from Australia ; but the g^mysAnthus occurs in the 

 latter continent. 



Sub-family Tanagrina. 



TARDIVOLA. 



Rostrum breve, compressum / culmine arcuato ; iomio sinuato. 

 Ala brevissimce rotundatos ; remigibus 2<^«, Z^i^, 4'«, 5'«, et Qt^fere 



cequalibus longissimis. 

 Cauda elongata, cuneata, vel gradata. 

 Pedes fortes. 



Bill short, compressed ; culmen arched ; commissure sinuated. 

 Wings very short, rounded ; the second, third, fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth quills equal and longest. Tail long, graduated or 

 cuneated. Feet strong. 



Type. Emberizoide longibande. Temm., PI. col. p. 114. f. 2. 



I am already acquainted with four species of this group, which 

 is peculiar to South America, It bears much analogy to the 

 Maluri of M. Temminckj but its true affinity will be found 



