AVES. 517 



Family XL VII. Motacillincn. [Luscinidce, Gray, Sylviadce 

 previously.) Primaries in some nine, in others ten (with first very 

 short). Wing--co verts short. Tarsi slender, mostly long, covered 

 anteriorly with distinct transverse scutes, coalesced in some, or 

 with a continuous horny scute. Outer toes conjoined at the base 

 alone. Bill short, more rarely moderate, mostly slender, somewhat 

 straight or subcurved, compressed towards the tip, emarginate. 



Grallina ViEiLL., Tam/jms^ Oppel. Bill moderate, sub- 

 straight, with culmen rounded, obscm'ely emarginate at the tip. 

 Bristles at the angle of mouth. Tarsi long, obscurely scutellate. 

 Toes short. Wings long, with ten primaries, the third and three 

 following subequal, fourth longest of all. Tail long, even, ample 

 at the extremity, 



Sp. Ch-allina melanolcuca Vieill., Tanyfus ausfralis Oppel, Deiikschr. der 

 Ah. der Wissensch. zii Milnclien, iSii, iSi^, s. 150 — 166, Tab. viii, 

 Vieill. Gal. PI. 150, Less. Ornith. PI. 39, fig. i. 



AUocoturus mihi, Enicurus Tejim. [Henicurus). Bill moderate, 

 somewhat straight, dilated at the base, with culmen keeled, tip 

 bent. Nostrils lateral, placed in a fossa, surrounded by membrane. 

 Rigid bristles at the angle of mouth. Wings with ten primaries, 

 first very small, fourth and fifth subequal, longest of all. Tarsi 

 covered anteriorly by a continuous horny scute. Tail elongate, 

 forked, or moderate, deeply emarginate. 



Sp. AUocoturus coronatus, Enic. cor. Temm., Tardus Leschenaullii Vieill. 

 Gal. PI. 145, Temm. PL col. 113; — AUocoturus velatus, Temm. PL col. 160; 

 both from Java; — AUocoturus ruficapillus, Temm. PL col. 534, Sumatra, 

 From the continent of India also, and from central Asia species of this 

 genus are known. 



Motacilla L. (exclusive of many species), Lath., Bechst. Bill 

 short, in a few almost as long as head, straight, slender, acuminate, 

 compressed at the tip, emarginate. Nostrils open, basal, lateral, 

 oval, partly covered above by naked membrane. Short bristles at 

 the angle of mouth. Tarsus much longer than middle toe, slender, 

 obsoletely scutellate in front. Front claws small, hind claw longer. 

 Wings with nine primaries, the first two subequal, longest of all. 



1 Such also is the name given by Meigen to a genus of the Dq^tera, i. p. 345. 



