296 CLASS AVES. 



Falcunculus Gutturalis, Vigors and Horsf. 

 Fuscous brown ; beneath paler ; forehead and throat 

 white ; crest and throat black ; vent fulvous. New 

 Holland. 



At the end of this family may be placed the genus 

 PsoPHODKs, Vigors and Horsfield; ■which have a 

 strong, short, compressed, keeled, but unnotched bill, 

 furnished Avith strong incumbent bristles ; short, rounded 

 •wings, and long graduated tail. They have been 

 placed with the Honey-eaters. They are only found in 

 New Holland, 



Coach-whip Fly-catcher, Lath. Mmcicapa Crepitans, 



Lath. Supp. 

 Olive-brown ; greenish head : crested ; throat and 

 chest black ; broad band under the eyes, and tips of 

 tail white ; belly varied with white ; thighs reddish. 

 New Holland. Length .'' 



The genus Colluricincla of Vigors and Horsfield, 

 which agree with the American Thamnophili and 

 African Melanoti in bill and wings, but differ in the 

 tail being quite even, and the skin of the shins. They 

 are allied to the thrushes, and appear to be peculiar to 

 Oceanic Islands. 



Colluricinca Cinerea, Vigors- 1. c. 

 Above ash ; beneath paler : throat and space before 

 the eye white ; quills internally brown ; female, ashy 

 beneath ; throat black-streaked ; length eight inches 

 and a half. New Holland. 



The Tricophorus, or Crimger of Temminck: 

 which has a short, strong, conical bill, furnished at the 

 base with very long bristles, the wing moderate, and the 

 sixth quill longest. And many are furnished with a 

 bunch of hair on the nape. They are confined to the 



