514 CLASS XVI. 



a greater or less degree to various other South American species. Toxo- 

 stoma WAGL. Sp. Mimus rufus, Turdus rufus L., BUFF. PI. enl. 645 ; 

 Carolina, &c. 



Donacobius SWAINS. 

 Sp. Mimus Irasiliensis MAXIM., Turdus airicapillus L., BUFF. PL enl. 392. 



CampylorhyncJius SPIX. (Picolaptes LAFRESN. in part.) 



Sp. CampylorhyncJius zonatits, Picolaptes zonatus LESS. Cent. Zool. PL 70 ; 

 Campylorh. megalopterus DESMURS, PI. peint. 54, &c. 



Troglodytes VIEILL., KOCH, Cuv. Bill moderate (in some 

 shorter than head, in others longer), slender, with culmen sub- 

 curved. Nostrils basal, lateral. Gape of mouth produced under 

 the eyes. Wings short, with third, fourth and fifth quills subequal, 

 longest of all. Tail short, rounded or even, often erect. 



Sp. Troglodytes europceus Cuv., Motacilla troglodytes L., BUFF. PL enl. 651, 

 fig. 2, LESS. Ornith. PI. 70, fig. i, NAUM. Taf. 83, fig. i ; the common 

 vyren, le roitelet, der Zaun-Schlupfer ; dispersed throughout Europe ; a small 

 bird, red-brown, dirty white on the breast ; it builds an artistic nest with 

 various materials, especially moss from the trunks of trees, and lays from 

 6 to 8 white eggs with red spots. 



Thryothorus VIEILL. Sp. Troglodytes longirostris Cuv., VIEILL. Gal. 

 PI. 1 68, GUB. Iconogr., Ois. PI. 15, fig. i j from Brasil and the Antilles, 

 &c. 



Note. On some other genera, amongst which Tatare (!) LESS. 

 ought especially to be noted, cons. GRAY Gen. of Birds, L, and 

 BONAP. Consp. gen. Av. pp. 220 224. 



Family XL VI. Turdince. Primaries ten, the first very short. 

 Wing-coverts short. Tarsus longer than middle toe, covered on 

 the anterior surface above with a continuous horny coat, below with 

 transverse scutes. Bill emarginate at the tip, compressed, wi 

 culmen curved, in most moderate, in a few longer than head. 



. 



Copsychus WAGL., Gryllivora S WAINS. Bill shorter than 

 head, strong, compressed, with culmen curved. Nostrils lateral, 

 basal, partly covered by the plumules of forehead. Wings with 

 first quill moderate, fourth and fifth or fifth and sixth subequal, 

 longest of all. Tail elongate, cuneate. 



Sp. CopsycTius mindanensis, Turdus mindanensis GM., BUFF. PL enl. 627; 

 East Indies, the Sunda Islands ; Copsychus macrourus, Turdus macrourus 

 GM., Turdus tricolor VIEILL. &c. 



