474 CLASS XVI. 



Chamma Gambel. 



Sp. Chamcea fasdata, Gambel Journal of Acad, of nat. Sc. of PhiladdpMa, 

 Sec. Ser. Vol. i. PI. 8, fig. 3. 



Hylactes King, Megalonyx Less, in part. Bill short, with 

 culmen curved, compressed towards the tip, emarginate. Nostrils 

 basal, covered by a vaulted membrane, narrow. Tarsi longer than 

 anterior toes. Claws long. Wings short, with fourth and fifth 

 quills subequal, longest of all. Tail rounded, with 14 feathers. 



Sp. Hylactes Tarnii King, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1830, p. 15; — Hylactes rufus, 

 Megalonyx rufus Lesson Centiir. Zool. PI. 66 ; both from Chili. 



Colohatris Gloger, Cabanis, Grallaria ViEiLL. Bill short or 

 moderate, strong. Wings concave, with first quill short, fourth and 

 fifth subequal, longest of all. Tarsi elongate, covered posteriorly 

 with lesser scutes, sometimes externally with scute continuous. 

 Tibise denuded above the heel. Outer toes united. Tail very short. 



Sp. Colohatris rex, Tardus rex Gm., Gh'allaria varia Gray, Buff. PI. enl. 

 702, Grallaria fusca YlEiLL., Oaler. PI. 154; Brasil; — Colohatris tinniens, 

 Turdus tinniens Gm., Grallaria brevicauda Gray, Buff. PI. enl. 706, 

 fig. I, &c. 



Sub-genera Hypsihenon Cabanis and Ghamoeza Vigors {Chamce- 

 zosa Cab AN.) 



Pitta ViEiLL., Gray, Brachyurus Thunb. Bill moderate, 

 strong, broad at the base, compressed towards the tip, emarginate, 

 with culmen keeled, curved. Nostrils lateral placed in a pit, half 

 covered by membrane. Tarsi elongate, slender, obscurely scutel- 

 late posteriorly. Lateral toes short. Wings with third and fourth 

 quills longest of all. Tail very short, even. 



Sp. Pitta brachyura Temm., Corvus brachyurus L., Buff. PI. enl. 258, Cuv. 

 R. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 25, fig. i ; — Pitta cyanoptera Temm. PI. color. 

 218; — Pitta Baudii S. Mueller, Verh. over de natuurlijke Gesch. &c., 

 Aves, Tab. 11. The last named species is from Borneo, the one preceding 

 from Sumatra, the first from the continent of India. This genus of the 

 old world comprises other species, amongst which is one from the west 

 coast of Africa, Pitta aiigolensis Vieill., Desm. PI. peint. 46. These birds 

 make a rude nest of roots, leaves and straw, in which they lay four or five 

 white or light-yellow eggs. See Verkandelingen, &c. 1. 1. Tab. III. 



MyiotJiera Illig. (in part), Myrmothera ViEiLL. (and spec, of 

 Myoturdus Maxim., Formicarius BODD., Gray). Bill moderate, 

 compressed, emarginate, with culmen curved. Tarsi long, scutel- 

 late posteriorly. Wings with fourth and fifth quills subequal, 

 longest of all. Tail short, rounded. 



