86 



Fam. 12. Ccerebidje. 



(Cf. Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Miis. pp. 1-48.) 



13. Feingillid^ *. 



{Cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. pp. 1-816.) 



14. Alaudidje f. 



{Cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. pp. 512-058.) 



15. MoTACILLIDJE J. 



{Cf. Sliarpe, Cat. B. x. pp. 456-629.) 



16. MxiOTILTIDiE. 



{Cf Sharpe, Cat. B. x. pp. 225-455.) 



17. Cebthiid.e. 



{Cf. Gadow, Cat. B. viii. pp. 322-3G6.) 



18. Meliphagidje. 



{Cf Gadow, Cat. B. ix. pp. 204-290.) 



19. NectaeiniidyE. 



{Cf. Gadow, Cat. B. ix. pp. 1-146.) 



20. DlC^IDiE. 



{Cf. Sliarpe, Cat. B. x. pp. 2-84.) 



21. ZOSTEEOPID^ §. 



{Cf Sharpe, Cat. B. ix. pp. 146-203.) 



22. PARiDiE II, 



{Cf Gadow, Cat. B. viii. pp. 1-79.) 



23. Eegulid^. 



{Cf. Gadow, Cat. B. viii. pp. 79-87.) 



24. LANIIDiE ^. 



{Cf. Gadow, Cat. B. viii. pp. 88-291.) 



* The boundaries between this family and the Tanagridce are very feebly defined at 

 present. 



f The Buntings of the family FringiUidce approach the Alaudidce through Plectro- 

 phenax which would appear to be somewhat like Otocorys. The scutellate planta 

 tarsi separate the Almidkke from all other Oscines. 



+ In their elongated secondaries and in their nesting-habits the Wagtails and Pipits 

 resemble the AUmdidce. They have, however, a very remarkable Sylviine characteristic 

 in havino- a spring moult as well as an autumn one. This fact 1 drew attention to in 

 1885 {cf. Cat. B. x. p. 460) ; but it has been proved beyond a doubt this year, when 

 a pair of Tree-Pipits {Anthus trkinlis), which have lived through the winter in my 

 daughter Dora's aviary, went through a complete moult in March. 



§ An examination of the tongue of Zosterops shows that it resembles that of a Tit 

 and has no similarity to the " brush " tongue of the Iloney-sucker. For the present, 

 therefore, I am inclined to keep the "White-eyes as a separate family, though Mr. Gates, 

 in the 'Birds of British India,' places the genus Zosterops near Tuhma. 



II For Charncea, cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 311. 



^ The ossification of the olfactory capsule and the spine-like process on the posterior 

 end of the palatines are characters almost confined to the Laniidce alone. ( Cf. Shufeldt, 

 Journ. Morph. iii. p. 99, 1889.) The palate and nasal aperture in the skull of the 

 Wood-Shrikes, which I formerly kept distinct under the heading of Prtono2nd(e, will 

 have to be carefully examined. Some of the genera may have to be located with the 

 Flycatchers. 



