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DRYMOPHILA longipes. 
Long-legged Ant Thrush. 
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Family Merulade. 
Sub-family Myotherina. 
Legs long, adapted for walking; wings and tail short, the latter 
weak, rounded or even, but never forked or divaricated ; claws 
but slightly curved. Nob. 
Genus Drymopuiia.—Lesson. Man. 1. p. 196. 
D. longipes. Above rufous; sides of the head cinercous ; throat 
and breast black ; body beneath white ; tarsi long, pale. 
Sw. in Zool. Journ, 2. p. 152. Gen. Zool. 13. 2.179. Lesson. 
Man. 1. p. 196. 
In Mus. Nost. 
Seen eae ee 
Tue Ant Thrushes, as originally defined by us, constitute 
a natural group of Birds peculiar to, and very abundant 
in, the tropical regions of the New World. They are found 
only in the deep shades of forests, seeking their nourishment 
on the ground, from ants and other terrestrial insects. 
Beyond such retreats they never venture, and thus their 
natural love for seclusion has prevented us from knowing 
more of their economy. 
The species are numerous: our own cabinet contains 
fifteen: but nearly double that number are among the rich 
and surpassing treasures of the Royal Museum at Paris. 
Of that here figured, we have never seen a second specimen. 
In the form of the bill, and the elongated lax plumage of 
the back, Drymophila bears a close resemblance to the 
smaller species of Bush Shrikes (Thamnophilus), but the 
construction of the feet—adapted in one for perching, and 
in the other for walking—will sufficiently distinguish these 
groups. 
The specific name of grallaria, engraved on the plate, 
was inadvertently changed for that of dongipes in the pub- 
lished account. The figure represents the natural size. 
