168 Mr. Swainson on several new groups in Ornithology/. 



of flight, and strength of foot, separntp tliese birds from the ty- 

 pical genera ; while the strength and curvature of the hind claw 

 forbids us to associate them with the true Moiucillce. 



-SYNALLAXIS. (Vieill.) 



Rostrum mediocre^ fortiusculum^ coNipressum, sub'nilegrum ; 



culmine leviter arcuato : rictu imberbi. 

 Alee brevissirnce, rotundutce ; remi gibus l"'"', 2<^^, et 3^^^ gradatist 



4td^ 5<a gt Qldjerl' (P(jiialibus, longissimis. 

 Pedes siihfortes ; tarsorum sqaamis latcrulibus frequentibus. 

 Cauda elongata, grudata vet cuneata. 



JB/// moderate, rather strong, compressed, nearly entire, culmen 

 slightly curved ; mouth without bristles. Wings very short, 

 rounded ; the first, second, and third quill graduated, the 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth nearly equal, and longest. TozV broad, 

 graduatetl, or cuneated. Feet rather strong ; the lateral scales 

 of the tarsi numerous. 



Type. SynuUaxis rutila7is. Temminck, Pi. col. 227, f. 1. 



The characters of this genus are here introduced, that they may 

 be brought more immediately into comparison with the next. To 

 this group the Malurus garrulus (Zool. III. pi. 138.) will un- 

 doubtedly belong. All the species are from tropical America. 



DRYMOICA. 



"Rostrum gracile, acutum^ immarginatum ; culmine arcuato. 

 Aloe breviusculce^ rotundatce ; remige V'ld brevissimd ; ^^ et Zu^ 



gradatis ; 4'", 5'" et 6'« a'quulibus^ longissimis. 

 Cauda elongata, gradata. 

 Pedes longiusculi, tarsorum squamis anterioribus 5 inequalibus, 



lateralibus integris. 



Bill slender, acute, entire ; culmen arched. JVings rather short, 

 rounded ; the first quill shortest, the second and third gra- 

 duated, the fourth, fifth, and sixth equal, and longest. Tail 



