MALURUS garrulus, 

 Noisy Soft-tail Warbler. 



Generic Character. 

 Rostrum validius, breve, totum laldd co?npressum, altius quam latins^ 

 culmine prominente plumas frontales dividente et ad apicem ali- 

 quando emarginatum, vix incurvo. Nares basales membrand tectx, 

 apertiird laterali. Alee brevissimce, rotundatce, remigiim 3 primo- 

 riim longitudine proximorum 4 longitudinem snperante. Cauda 

 plerumque longa, ciineata, radiis mollibus, decompositis . Pedes 

 ralidi, digito exteriore ad digiti medii basin annexo. Hallux validus, 



Ob. Rostri basi vibrissis setuceis sparsis instructd. Tem. 



Bill rather strong, short, much compressed its whole length, higher 

 than broad, the ridge prominent, dividing the frontal feathers, 

 and bent at the tip, which is sometimes notched. Nostrils 

 basal, covered by a membrane, the aperture lateral. Wings 

 very short, rounded, the three first quills shorter than the four 

 next. Tail generally long, cuneated, the radii soft and decom- 

 posed. Legs strong ; the outer toe connected to the base of 

 the middle toe. Hind claw strong. 



Ob. Base of the bill with setaceous hairs. Temmiiick. 



Generic Types— Turdus brachypterus. Lath. Le Flftteur. Vail. Ois. 

 d'Af. 3. pi. 112./. 2. LeCapolier. Do. pi. I29.pl. 130./. 1. 



Specific Character. 

 M. fuscus, injrh allescentibus ; plurnis frontalibus rigidis, acuminafis, 



rujis; strigis ante et pone oculos albescentihus ; caudd mediocri, 



rotiindatd. 

 M. brown, beneath whitish, feathers on the front of the head rigid, 



pointed, and rufous; lines before and behind the eye whitish: 



tail moderate, rounded. 



The colours of this bird are altogether plain; but it is re- 

 markable for its very singular nest, which is so large, as to 

 form a feature in the woodland scenery of Bahia, the only 

 part of Brazil where I observed it : the nest is built in low 

 PI. 138. 



