Mr. Swainson on several nezo groups in OrnithologT/. 171 



-SEliJRUS. 



Rostrum breve, compressum, rectum, emarginaium ; gonyde sub- 



ascendentc. 

 Aloe longiusculce, remigibus l'"*^ et 3'w wqualibus, ^du longissimd. 

 Cauda cequalis. 

 Pedes mediocres,pallidi, tursorum squamis fere integris. 



Bill short, compressed, pointed, emarginate, goiiyx sub ascending^ 

 Wings rather long, the first and third quill equal, the second 

 longest. T«//even. JPee^ pale, the scales nearly entire. 



Type. Tardus aurocapilla. Wilson, 2. pi. 14, f. 2. 



The economy of this bird, notwithstanding its general similitude 

 in plumage to the Merulidw, is much more in unison with the 

 Sylviadce. Its manners, circumstantially described by Wilson, 

 will place it between the Sijlviana and Motacillina. There are 

 several other species, mixed among the Warblers and Thrushes of 

 Pennant and Latham. 



Sub -family Saxicolina. 



* Rustrum hngiusculum compressum ; culminc kvitcr arciialo, 

 rictu imberbi. 



CAMPICOLA. 



Rostrum compressum, basi depressa. 



Alee Jiiediocres; remige \>na brcvissima, 'id^ el 7'"'' (vquulibus, 3ii^, 



4ti1, et bid a'qualibus, longissimis. 

 Cauda a-qualis. 

 Pedes graciles, tarsorum squamis integris. 



U/// compressed, the base depressed. Wings modarAte, the first 

 quill very short, the second and seventh equal ; third, fourth, 

 and fifth equal, and longest. Tail even. Legs slender, scales 

 of the tarsi not divided. 



Type. Le Traquet Imitaieur. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 181. 



