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Fani. 99. Timeliid^, 



Subfam. A. Timeliincs. 



B. Ci'sticoluxe. 



C. Troglodytince. 



D. Mimince. 



E. Co]isychince, 



Fain. 100. Sylviid^. 



Subfam. A. Syhiince. 

 B. TurdincB. 

 Section a. Turdiformes. 

 h. Lusciniformes. 



Altliougli there is much that is new and much that is suggestive in 

 this classification of Reichenow^s, it is founded on such totally different 

 ideas from those generally entertained in England and America that it 

 is difficult to institute a comparison between the systems in vogue 

 in 1882 and that propounded by our worthy colleague in Berlin. His 

 classification, however^ is based on absolute experience, and is accom- 

 panied by illustrcitive descriptions. 



Commencing with higher '' Series/' which are equal in most cases to 

 the " Sub-Classes " of other systematists, the author is enabled to obtain 

 high rank for his '^ Orders '' and '^ Suborders/^ and it is particularly a 

 feature of the classification employed by Reichenow that natural 

 characteristics are considered of primary importance, as, for instance, 

 when he divides his Cur sores into " Limicolse ^^ (Plovers and Snipes), 

 " Arvicolse " (Bustards and Cranes), " Calamocolee " (Rails and Sun- 

 Bitterns), and '^Deserticolse" (Thinocori, Hemipodes, and Sand-Grouse). 

 The Crypturi are considered to be an order of the series Captatores, and 

 head the Game-birds. The family Vulturiclce contains three subfamilies, 

 ^arcorhampMiKB, Vuliurina, a.r\d Gypaetina ; and Dr. Reichenow follows 

 recent classification so far as to place the PolyborincB next to the 

 Vultures, and thence he proceeds to the AccipitrincB and Sphaetince, but 

 Pandion comes into his subfamily Mihince, while, after the subfamily 

 Buteo7iince, his Falconince contain only Falco and Hierax. 



Reichenow's classification of the Passeres follows mainly that of his 

 celebrated compatriot Professor Cabanis, but the leading divisions 

 differ. The suborders known to English naturalists as Passeri- 

 formes and Picarke are divided by Cabanis into four orders — 

 Oscines, Clamatores, Strisores {Macrochires and Coccyges, auct.), and 

 Scansores, to which we may add the Psittaci. Reichenow somewhat 

 modifies this classification. The Passer if or mes and Picarue he places 

 under the heading of two great Series, the Fibulatores and the 

 Arhoricolce. The Psittaci remain as an order, with nine families. 

 His Scansores contain all the Scansores of Cabanis, but he places the 

 Crotophagidce as a separate family, equal in value to the Cuculidce, and 



