16 PASSERES. 



FAMILY. TIMELIID^E. 

 SUB-FAMILY. CRATEROPODIN^E. 



CEATEROPUS. 

 Crateropus, Swainson, Faun. Bor. Am. ii. p. 487 (1831). 



74. Crateropus bicolor. 



Crateropus licolor, Jard. Edinb. Journ. Nat. & Geogr. Sc. iii. 

 p. 97: Water-house, Alex. Exp. ii. p. 263: Layard, B. S. Afr. 

 p. 133 : Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 145 : Gurney, in 

 And. B. Damara-L, p. 121. 



a S. Africa (Capt. Alexander) 1838. b Damara-land ( G. J. 

 Andersson) 1852. 



In their paper on Birds of Damara-land Strickland and Sclater 

 give a description of tlie young of this species. 



75. Crateropus platycercus. 



Crateropus platycercus, Sw. B. W. Afr. i. p. 271, & Classif. 

 B. ii. p. 234. 



a (Mansfield) 1839. 



A West-African species, the specimen agreeing with Swainson's 

 type. 



MALACOCERCUS. 



Malacocercus, Swainson, Zool. 111. ser. 2, pi. 127 (1832 

 33). 



76. Malacocercus terricolor. 



Pastor terricolor, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. v. p. 771. (descr. nulla). 



Malacocercus terricolor, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 59. 



M. lengalensis, Blyth (ex Briss.) Cat. Birds As. Soc. p. 140 

 (1849). 



a Nepal (B. H. Hodgson 371) 1845. 5 India (E. Blyth " M. 

 terricolor (Hodgs.) Turdus canorus, Linn.") 184G. c Malwa 

 (W.J.E.Boys] 1847. 



Strickland's dissent from Bly th's identification of this species with 

 Turdus canorus, Linn, is given by Blyth in a footnote to a paper in 

 the J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 453. 



