516 CLASS XYI. 



Geocichla Kuhl. 



Sp. Tardus citrlnus Lath., Temm. PI. col. 445 ; from the East Indies, as are 

 also the other species of this sub-geuus. Comp. BONAP. Consp. Gen. Av. 

 p. 268 1. 



Zootliera ViGORS, BoNAP. {Myiophaga Less.). Bill longer than 

 head, compressed; upper mandible with hooked tip produced be- 

 yond the lower. Wings somewhat short, with first quill very short, 

 fourth and fifth subequal, longest of all. Tail short, even, broad. 

 Tarsus not surpassing middle toe. 



Sp. Zoothera monticoJa Vigoes, Himalaya ; — Zoothera andromeda Hartl., 

 Myiothera andromeda Temm. PL col. 392 ; from Timor and the high regions 

 of Java. 



Cinclus Bechst., Illig., Temm. (not Moehr.; see p. 415), 

 Hydrobata ViEiLL., Gray. Bill moderate or scarcely shorter than 

 head, cultrate, subascending. Bristles at the angle of mouth none. 

 Nostrils marginal, longitudinal. Tarsus longer than middle toe. 

 Wings short, concave, with first quill very short, third and fourth 

 subequal, longest of all, second scarcely shorter than these. Tail 

 short, even. 



Sp. Cinclus aquaticus Bechst., Siurnus cincluslj., Buff. PL enl. 940, Lesson 

 Ornith. PI. 39, fig. 2 ; the water-ouzel, der Wasser-Schwdtzer ; the back 

 black, the neck and upper part of the breast white, the belly brown. These 

 birds breed twice a year, keep by rivers and brooks, and build artistic 

 nests in holes on the banks ; they feed on water-insects. Some species of 

 this genus occur also in Asia and America. 



Eupetes Temm. (Is this its place?) Bill a little longer than 

 head, straight, depressed at the base, broad, with tip curved. 

 Plumes of forehead produced over the lateral fossas of bill ; nostrils 

 basal, oval. Tarsi long, obsoletely scutellate in front. Wings 

 short, rounded, with fifth and sixth quills subequal, longest of all. 

 Tail long, ample, rounded. 



Sp. Euiietes macrocercus Temm. PL col. 5 1 6, Less. Compl. a Buff. viii. PI. 

 39, fig. 2; Sumatra; — Ewpetes Ajax Temm. PL col. 573; New-Guinea, &c. 

 This genus has affinity with Tanypus or Grallina ; see the next page. 



^ In Turdus rubir/inosus, a species of this division, the covering of the anterior 

 surface of the tarsi consists of transverse scutes more or less conspicuously distinct. 



