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more or less stout, a little more than twice the length of the exposed 

 culmen, and one and a half to one and three fourths the length of the 

 commissure, making about half the length of the tail. Toes more or 

 less stout, the claws very arched and stout. Tail slightly rounded, the 

 outer web of the outermost quill not widened towards the tip, the shaft 

 and the outline of the web being parallel. Plumage soft and full, the 

 feathers of the upper head being elongated, forming a more or less dis- 

 tinct crest. 



Eemarks. — I have not been able to find any important difference be- 

 tween the species included within the genus Malacociclila Gould, and 

 the typical Cathari. The difference is chiefly and alone to be found in 

 the color, the former group having the throat and upper breast spotted, 

 somewhat like the smaller species of Hylocichla, with which they, in 

 fact, have been put together by Mr. Seebohm. They differ, however, 

 widely from these in most respects, being structurally quite identical 

 with the other species composing the genus here in queston. 



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Kat. Size 



Catharue dryas. 



