PODARGUS JAVANENSIS. 



Ord. II^^ Les Passeeeaux, Cuvier. 2'^^ Famille. Les Fissirostres. 



Ord. Ill"" Chelidones, Temminck. 



Ord. VI. Passeres, JLinn. Syst. 



Ord. II. Ambulatores, Illiger. Fam. 16, Hiantes. 



PODARGUS, Cuvier. 



Char. Gen. — Rostrum breve, crassissimum, subdepressum, grypaneum, aduncum, 

 basi dilatato-ampliatum, eapistro recumbente et vibrissis frontalibus porrectis 

 obsitum. Maxilla postice arcuatim sub oculos protensa lateribus subinflexis ; 

 culmine basi subcarinato apicem versus obsolete rotundato ; dertro, elongate sub- 

 cyHndrico, obtuso, infra eanaliculato, deflexo. Mandihula basi flexura maxilla 

 leviter exarata, gradatim attenuata, apiee suboblique truncata, ad excipiendam 

 maxillse dertrum emarginata, tomiis rectis subdiaphanis. Rictus amplissiraus, 

 vibrissa mastacales nullee. 



Nares submarginales, lineares, horizontals tomiis parallelae, • eapistro reconditEe, 

 squama depressa obtectae, aut rima obsoletiore vix manifest£e. 



Al(S subelongatse. Cauda rotundata. 



Pedes breves. Tarsi subrobusti. Digiti breves liberi; halluce debiliore. U?igues 

 parvi compressi, rectiusculi, simplices. 



Podargus rufescente-isabellinus fusco pulverulentus, cauda undulato-fasciato. 

 Chaha-ivonno of the Javanese. 



Podargus Javanensis, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Jam, Linn. Trans 

 Vol. XIII. p. 141. 



Several species of this genus have been discovered in New Holland : from 

 their appearance, and the general distribution of colours on their plumage, they have 

 been associated with the Goatsuckers. The Baron Cuvier named them Podarges in 

 the IV^ Volume of the R.^gne Animal, in the Addenda ; but the characters are very 

 sUghtly indicated, and Mr. Bowdich has given them their proper place in the family 

 to which they belong, and has illustrated the genus by an instructive figiu-e of the 

 bill. As the peculiar characters are detailed in the generic description, I shall here 



