512 CLASS XVI.' 



Oarrulax Less. Bill sliortcr than head, acuminate, keeled. 

 Nostrils ])laced in a fossa at the base of bill. Wings with fifth 

 and sixth quills longest of all. Tail somewhat long, rounded. 

 Tarsi long. Posterior claw longer than the rest. 



Sp. Gai-rulax perspicillatus, Tm'dus perspicillatusGu., Buff., PL enl. 604; — 

 Garrulax mitratus Geat, Timalia mitrata Sal., Mueller, Tijdschr. voor 

 nat. Gesch. en Physiol. 11. 1835, PI. ix. fig. 3; — Garrulax lug tihr is Gb ay, 

 Timalia luguhris S. Mueller, 1. 1. fig. 2 ; the last two species are both 

 from Sumatra, &c. 



TrocJialoptera Hodgs. 



Pterocyclus Gray. Bill short, subulate. Bristles at the cheeks 

 long. Wings with fifth, sixth and seventh feathers longest of all. 

 Tail long, rounded. 



Sp. Garrulax lineatus Blyth, Pterocyclus setifcr G'B.a.y ;— Garrulax erythrocc- 

 phalus Blyth, &c. ; species from the central parts of Asia. 



Actinodura GouLD, Leiocincla Blyth, Ixops Hodgs. 



Cinclosoma ViGORS, HoRSF. Bill short, with culmen nearly 

 straight, subulate. Wings short, with fourth and fifth quills long- 

 est of all. Tail elongate, graduated. 



Sp. Cinclosoma punctatum, Tardus punctatus Lath. &c. Species from Aus- 

 tralia and Van Diemen's Land. 



Pomatorhmus HoRSF. Bill moderate, curved, keeled, com- 

 pressed, with margins entire. Nostrils basal, lateral, covered by 

 a scale. Gape of mouth produced under the eyes. Tarsi long. 

 Wings concave, with quills gradually longer up to the fourth, 

 the fourth, fifth and sixth subequal, longest of all. Tail long, 

 graduated. 



Sp. Pomatorhinus montanus HoB.aF . ; Java, Sumatra; — Pomatorhinus tempo- 

 ralis ViG. and HoRSF., Pomatorhinus trivirgatu^ Temm. PL col. 443; Aus- 

 tralia, &c. 



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Timalia HoRSF. Bill shorter than head, broad at the base, 

 curved, compressed, finely emarginate at the tip. Nostrils basal, 

 placed in a fossa, covered by a scale. Short bristles at the angle of 

 bill. Tarsi long. Wings short, concave, with fifth and sixth quills 

 subequal, longest of all. Tail moderate, rounded or graduated. 

 (Feathers of back, and often also of throat, decomposed.) 



Sp. Timalia thoracica Temm. PL col. 76; Java, Smnatra; — Timalia vigricollis 

 Temm. PL col. 594, fig. 2, &c. 



