Mr. Swainson on several new groups in Ornithologt/. 167 

 Sub-family Merulina. 



-^ORPHEUS. 



Rostrum tnediocre,for(e, compressum. 



Al(e breves, rotundatce ; remige !'«" brevissimu, ^du et 3'*^ grada- 



tis, 4''', bt^ ct 6^'^ fere ccqualibus, longissimis. 

 Cauda elongatay rotundata. vel gradata. 

 Pedes validi. 



Z>/// moderate, strong, compressed. Wings short, rounded: the 

 first quill short, two and three graduated, four and five nearly 

 equal and longest. Tail lengthened ; rounded, or graduated. 

 Legs strong. 



Type. Tardus poly glottus. Wilson, 2. pi. 10. fig. 1. 



The definitions of this group are only applicable to the species 

 found in the New World. Those inhabiting Africa and India, 

 are distinguished by characters peculiar to themselves. 



Family Sylviudxe. 

 -^TRICHAS. 



Rostrum gracile, subacutum, integrum. 



Ala; breves, rotundata' ; remigibus, l"'*^ et 7'"" aqualibus, 3'w, 4'<J 



et btofere wqualibus, longissi//iis. 

 Cauda lata, rotundata. 

 Pedes fortiusculi, elongati. 



U/// slender, acute, entire. IVings ^\iOYi, rounded, the first and 

 seventh equal, the third, fourth, and fifth, nearly equal, and 

 longest. Tail broad, rounded. Legs lengthened, robust. 



Type. Sylvia Trichas. Wilson 1. pi. 6. f. 1. 

 {^Trichas per sonatas. Sw.) 



This form is intimately connected with Synallaxis, and two or 

 three other groups, peculiar to Africa and Australia. Feebleness 



