518 ^rANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Subfamilies. 



a*. Male and female sinailar in colors; phimage, especially of hack and rump, lax 

 and decomposed; tarsus stouter Timeliinae (p. 518) 



a-. Male and female very unlike in colors; plumage not noticeably decomposed; 

 tarsus more slender Brachypteryginae (p. 638) 



Subfamily TIMELIIN.^. 



Tarsus rather stout; plumage of back, rump, aud flanks lax and 

 decomposed, the feathers of the back often lengthened and overhanging 

 the rimip and tail-coverts. 



Genera. 



a\ Tail much longer thsiii wing; rectrices pointed, their shafts stiff, and their 



webs decomposed Pseudotharrhaleus (p. 518) 



a". Tail shorter than wing; rectrices usually not pointed, their shafts not very 

 stiff, and their webs not decomposed. 

 b\ Tail very short, only one-half to two-thirds as long as wing; tarsus long, 

 the outstretched feet reaching beyond the end of tail. 

 c\ Tail but little longer than tarsus; wing twice the tarsus. 



Anuropsis (p. 525) 

 c'. Tail equal to tarsus and middle toe without claw; wing one and one-half 



times the tarsus Ptilocichla (p. 522) 



b'\ Tail not very shorty more than three-fourths as long as wing ; outstretched 

 feet not reaching end of tail, 

 c'. Bill very much deeper and stronger, the tip decidedly hooked; rictal 

 bristles well developed, longer than bill from nostril.. Turdinus (p. 521) 

 (T. Bill more slender, the tip but slightly hooked; rictal bristles shorter. 



d'. A tuft of lengthened feathers above each eye Dasycrotapha ( p. 526 ) 



dr. No lengthened feathers above eye; plumage soft and more or less de- 

 composed, 

 e'. Feathers of back not greatly lengthened ; nostril with an overhanging 



membrane Zosterornis (p. 527) 



e-. Feathers of back greatly lengthened, decomposed, and overhanging 

 the tail-coverts; nostril opening without an overhanging membrane. 

 /' Long feathers of back without greatly stiffened shafts. 



Mixornis* (p. 533) 

 /'. Long feathers of the back with shafts conspicuously stillened. 



Macronous (p. 534) 



Genus PSEUDOTHAEEHALEUS Grant, 1895. 



Bill slender, rictal bristles short and weak; wing very sliort, rounded, 

 and curved to tlie body; fiftli to eighth primaries nearly equal and 

 longest ; tarsus and feet strong ; tarsus one and one-half times the culmen 

 from base ; hind toe with claw about equal to culmen ; tail long ; rectrices 

 graduated, pointed, and with stiff shafts and decomposed webs. 



* Leonardina (p. 537) probably belongs near Mixornis and Macrcmous; I have 

 not seen it. 



