274 CLIMBING LEAFLOVE. 



under parts of the tail-feather; the inner wing- 

 covers are like the flanks; the bill and claws are 

 very light, the culmen only being brown ; the feet 

 in the dried specimens are discoloured, but they are 

 probably light brown. 



Total length, 9 ; bill, 1 ; wings, 4 . ta il, from 

 the base, 4J ; tarsus, T % ; hind toe and claw, ; 

 middle ditto, f 5 . 



BROAD-TAILED BABBLER. 



Crateropns platycircus* SWAINS. 



Brown ; body beneath paler ; head, neck and throat blackish- 

 brown, each feather having a light edge ; tail fan- shaped, 

 broad, and brownish-black. 



/ 



Ixos. plebejus ? Ruppett, Atlas^ pi. 23. 



THE Great-footed Thrushes, or Babblers, form one of 

 the chief divisions of the Merulidce or Thrush 

 family; equivalent to that of the short-footed race 

 which we have just left. They are at once known 

 by their very large and robust feet, the equality of 

 the two lateral toes, and the slight curvature of the 

 claws. Their haunts and manners are likewise 

 very different ; instead of living entirely among the 

 thick foliage of trees, these birds frequent the 

 ground, chiefly in marshy situations, and seldom 

 perch but among reeds and aquatic shrubs All the 

 species and subordinate types that have yet been 



