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As to the plumage, nothing can be added to the 

 specific character. The entire bird is of a deep and 

 uniform brownish black, without any variation of 

 tint ; the bill and legs are also the same. 



Total length, 8f ; bill from the gape, T 8 ^ ; wings 

 4 ; tail beyond, 3 ; from the base, 4 ; tarsus, f 6 

 hind-toe and claw, \\ ; middle ditto, T 9 . 



YELLOW-THROATED SHORT. FOOT. 



Hamatornis flavicolliS) SWAINS. 



Olive-brown ; paler beneath ; chin and part of the throat 

 pale yellow. 



WESTERN AFRICA, and the same parallels of latitude 

 in equinoctial India, abound in the Brachipodince, 

 or short-legged thrushes ; so strictly do they appear 

 confined to these limits, that not one has yet been 

 discovered to our knowledge in the New World, 

 or even in the warm latitudes of Australia. We 

 have already given many details on this group, and 

 characterized what appeared to be the five leading 

 variations or sub-genera*. One of these we named 

 Hcematornis. Nearly about the same time the same 

 name was proposed for what was considered a genus 

 of Falco ; but this supposed genus was not charac- 

 terized until long after the appearance of our prior 

 definition. As it is an admitted law of nomencla- 

 * North. Zool. ii. p. 485. 



