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cxtonslon up tlie hark. Tlic throat ulone is white ; the rcmaiiiiiif^ 

 under parts, the fianlis espt cially, having an ashy brown tiiijje, not 



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Family TROGLODYTIDyE. 



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Rictal bristles wnntiui; ; tlie loral feathers with bristly points ; the frontal 

 feathers generally not reacliing to nostrils. Nostrils varied, exposed or not 

 covered by feathers, juid generally overhung by a scale-like membrane. Bill 

 u.-iually without notch. Wings much rounded, about equal to tail, which is 

 graduated. I^'riaiaries ten, the lirst generally about half the second. Basal 

 joint of middle toe usually united to half the basal joint of inner, and the 

 whole of that of thm outer, or more. Lateral toes about equal, or the outer a 

 little the longer. Tarsi scutelUvte. 



The impossibility of defining any hirge group of animals, so as to 

 separate it stringently and abruptly from all others, is well under- 

 stood among naturalists ; and the Troglodijlidse form no exception 

 to tlie rule. Some bear so close a resemblance to the Mocking 

 Thrushes as to have been combined with them ; while others again 

 exhibit a close approximation to other subfamilies.* 



' The genus Rhodinoctihia has, by most of our systematic writers, been 

 placed among the DemlracolajitidiP, and tlms as not belonging to the Oscines 

 at all. Taking all this for granted, I deferred any investigation of the species 

 until I had finished the Oscines. A casual examination has, however, recently 

 convinced me that the genus is truly Oscine, and possibly one of the Tioylo- 

 ilitidr. Dr. Sclater coincides in this view, and is inclined to place it very 

 near lleleodijtts. As it is now too late to introduce it in its proper place, I 

 il. fer furllier consideration of the subject to the Appendix, and merely give 

 the principal synonyms : — 



Rhodinocichla rosea. x r 



FnriKiriiig riiscus. Li:?so\, 111. Zool. pi. v. — Ti/todlnocichia rosea, Hartl. 

 tab. Jour. Ib53, 33.— Scl. Vr. 1855, 141 ; 184G, 140.— lu. Catal. 



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