526 CLASS xvi. 



covered with the silken plumules of the forehead. Gape of mouth 

 beset with long bristles. Tarsus equalling middle toe in length. 

 Wings with third quill subequal to the fourth the longest of all. 

 Tail moderate, even or subemarginate, sometimes rather long, gra- 

 duated. 



Sp. Drymophila carinata, Muscipeta carinata SWAINS., TEMM. PI. col. 413, 

 fig. 2 ; Drymophila trivirgata TEMM. 1. 1. fig. i ; Drymophila velata 

 TEMM. PI. 334, &c. Species from Timor, Sumatra, New Guinea and 

 Australia. 



Prosorinia HODGS., Oreas TEMM. (Coclwa HODGS. previously, 

 GRAY.) Bill moderate, depressed, broad at the base, with culmen 

 arched, keeled. Nostrils lateral, placed in a fossa. Wings long, 

 with third and fourth quills subequal, fourth longest of all. Tail 

 somewhat long, graduated. 



Sp. Prosorinia azurea, Turdus azureus TEMM. PL col. 274; Prosorinia 

 viridis, Cochoa viridis GRAY, Gen. PI. LXVIII. &c. 



Pericrocotus BOIE, Ads LESSON. Bill shorter than head, broad 

 at the base, with culmen subcurved. Nostrils basal, placed in a 

 fossa, covered by plumules of forehead produced over the bill. 

 Wings moderate, with fourth and fifth quills subequal, longest of 

 all. Tail long, with three outer feathers on each side graduated, 

 the four middle subequal. 



Sp. Pericrocotus miniatus, Muscicapa miniata TEMM. PL color. 156, Diet, 

 univ. d'ffist. nat., Ois. PI. 2B, fig. 2; Java; Pericrocotus peregrinus, Parus 

 peregrinus L. (Syst. nat. ed. xn. i, p. 342, and Motacilla cinnamomea 

 ejusd.? p. 335) &c. 



Ceblepyris Cuv. (and Graucalus ejusd.), Campephaga VIEILL., 

 GRAY. Bill shorter than head, or short, strong, broad at the base, 

 with culmen curved, keeled; a few bristles at the angle of mouth. 

 Nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a fossa, partly covered by plumules. 

 Wings with third and fourth quills subequal, longest of all. Tail 

 somewhat long, rounded. Feathers of back and rump rigid, often 

 spinescent. 



Compare, on this genus, TEMMINCK in the text of the PI. color. Livr. 42 

 (Vol. in. opposite PI. 278) and RUEPPELL Monographic der Vogelgattung, 

 deren Typus LEVAILLANT unter dem Namen "les Echenilleurs," lelcannt 

 gemacht hat. Mus. Senclcerib. in. 1845, PP- 1 7~39- All the species are 

 from warm countries of the Eastern hemisphere. They feed on caterpillars 

 and other insects living upon trees. The larger species with stronger bill, 

 and of which the two sexes do not differ in plumage, form the sub-genus 



