270 AVES. 
We consider it proper to approximate to it the Thrush of 
New Guinea, whose tail is three times the length of the body, 
and has a double tuft on the head, which has been considered a 
Bird of Paradise—Paradissea gularis, Lath., and Shaw; Par. 
nigra, Gmel.; Vaill. Ois. de Par. 20 and 21; Vieill. Ois. de Par. 
pl. viii, and Galer. 107, simply on account of the singularity 
and incomparable magnificence of its plumage.(1) 
Other Thrushes, with brilliant plumage, have the feathers of the 
occiput pointed like the Starling; they are the Srournes or Lampro- 
rornis of Temminck.(2) 
Some of them have so slender a beak, that they approach the Saxi- 
cole—the Turpoiprs, or Ixos, Temm.;(3) others again have a 
slender but strong and straight beak, and among them are some with 
a widely forked tail, Entcurses, T.(4) 
There are some of them also, which are distinguished by the 
height of their legs, which gives them the appearance of Waders, 
they are the Gratiines of Vieill. Galer. 150; or the Tanypus of 
Oppel. Mem. Acad. Munich, 1812, pl. viii. 
The Crinicer, Temm., comprehends those Thrushes, which have 
very strong setz on the beak, and whose neck feathers sometimes 
have a setaceous termination. Such is the Criniger barbatus, Col. 
88. 
Buffon has very properly separated from the Thrushes, the 
Myoruera, Illig.(5) 
The Ant-Catchers are known by their long legs and short tail. They 
(1) Vieillot has given to this bird the generic name of AsTrRarra. 
N.B. I think it is proper to approximate to the Thrushes which are allied to 
the Shrikes, the Muscicapa carinata, Swains., Zool. Ill., 147, of which Vigors and 
Horsfield make their genus Monarcua. , 
(2) T'urdus mauritianus, Gm., Enl. 648, 2 and Col. 149;—7! cantor, Sonnerat, 
Voy. I, pl. lxxiii;—Lamprotornis metallicus, Tem. Col. 266. We should distin- 
guish the Lampr. erythrophris,on account of its beautiful red eye-brows formed of 
cartilaginous feathers. , 
(3) Such are the Podobé (T: erythropterus, Gm.), Enl. 334 ;—the Janfredic, Vaill. 
Afr. 111;—the Grivetin, Id., 118;—the Coudor, Id., 119;—the T'urdus trichas, Enl. 
709, 2. The Terat-boulan (T'urdus orientalis, Gm. Enl. 273, 2,) approximates this 
group to the straight-beaked Shrikes. 
Add, Ixos chaleocephalus, Tem. Col. 453, 1;—J. sguammatus, Tb. 2;—R. atriceps, 
Col. 137, and particularly 7° dispar, Col. 137, which has red cartilaginous feathers 
under the throat similar to the appendages of the wing of the Chatterer. | 
(4) nicurus coronatus, Tem. Col. 113, or T'urd. Leschenaultit, Vieill. Gal. 145, 
or Motacilla speciosa, Horsf.;—.#nic. velatus, Tem. Col. 160. There is quite as 
uch reason for approximating them to the straight-beaked Shrikes. 
(5) Vieill. has changed this name into MyrmoTuEra. 
