522 CLASS xvi. 



Calamoherpe MEYER, Salicaria, SELBY, BLAS. and KEYSERL. 

 Bill shorter than head, somewhat straight, emarginate obscurely at 

 the tip. Short bristles at the angle of mouth. Nostrils basal, 

 placed in a fossa, surrounded by membrane. Forehead depressed, 

 continuous with the base of bill. Tarsi long, scutellate. Claw of 

 hallux strong, curved, larger than the rest. Wings with ten. pri- 

 maries, the first very small, the second, third and fourth subequal, 

 third longest of all. Tail moderate, rounded or graduated. 



Sp. Calamoherpe turdina, Turdus arundinaceus L., BUFF. PL enl. 513, 

 NAUM. Taf. 81, fig. i; the reed-wren, die Rohrdrossel; above ruddy-grey, 

 below whitish, the lower mandible yellow at the base ; Calamoherpe arun- 

 dinacea, Motacilla arundinacea GM., NAUM. Taf. 81, fig. i\ the small 

 reed-wren, very similar to the preceding, but smaller; these birds feed on 

 water-insects. 



Note. Add allied genera Acrocephalus NAUM., Aedon BOIE, Gin- 

 clorhamphus GOULD, and some others omitted here. 



Crateropus SWAINS. 



Drymoica SWAINS, (add Megalurus HoRSF., Prinia ejusd. (and 

 Cisticola LESS.). Bill short, with culmen curved, keeled, with tip 

 compressed, emarginate. Short bristles at the angle of mouth. 

 Nostrils placed in a fossa at the base of mouth, surrounded by 

 membrane. Wings short, rounded, with ten primaries, the first 

 short or moderate, the fourth and fifth (in some the fifth and sixth) 

 longest of all. Tail elongate, graduated. Tarsi long, scutellate 

 anteriorly. Hallux with claw large, curved. 



Sp. Drymoica maculosa GRAY, Sylvia macroura LATH., BUFF. PI. enl. 752, 

 fig. 2; Drymoica superciliosa SWAINS. Birds of W. Afr. n. PI. 2; 

 Drymoica damans, Prinia damans KUEPP. Atl. Taf. 2, fig. a, TEMM. PI. 

 color. 466, fig. 2, &c. 



On some other genera, to be inserted here : Sphenceacus STRICK- 

 LAND, Sphenura LICHTENST., Dasyornis YIG., HORSF., Manorhina 

 YIEILL., Psophodes HORSF., cons. GRAY Gen. of Birds, i., and BONAP. 

 Consp. pp. 279 and 216. 



OrtJionyx TEMM. Bill short, emarginate, compressed, with cul- 

 men curved and keeled. Nostrils lateral, placed in a pit at the base 

 of bill. Tarsi elongate, strong, scutellate anteriorly; outer toe 

 almost equalling middle; claws strong, little curved, compressed. 



