ORDER PASSERES. 403 



Cyaneous Thrush, Lath. Pitta Glaucina, Tern. PI, 



Col. t. 194. T. Cyaneus, Hors. Java. t. 

 Deep azure ; head, belly, bill, feet, and outer edge of 

 quills and tail feathers black. Java. 



Yellow-Billed Thrush, Lath. T. Flavirostris, Hors. 



Myophonus Metallicus, Tem. PI. Col. t. 170. 

 Black ; head, collar, chin, throat, and breast waved 

 with steel; base of tail-feathers white; bill yellow. 

 Java. 



The species of the new continent^ much more 

 numerous, have browner tints and vary in the force of 

 the beak and proportional length of the tail. They 

 subsist on the immense ant-hills of the woods and 

 deserts of this part of the world. The females are 

 more bulky than the males. These birds fly little, 

 have sonorous, and, in some species, remarkably loud 

 voices ; among these^ with strong and arched beak, is 



The King of the Anteaters ( T. Rex, Gml. Corviis Gral- 

 larius, Shaw.) Enl. 702. 



The largest and longest legged of all, and shortest 

 tailed. At first sight it looks like a wader. It is 

 about the size of a quail and its grey plumage is agree- 

 ably variegated. It lives more isolated than the rest. 



The genus Grallaria of Vieillot; Myioturdus of 

 Boie ; peculiar for the base of ths thighs being naked. 

 The genus Myrmothera of Vieillot. 



T. Tinnicus, PI. Enl. t. 706. f. 1 

 Myiothera Tinnicus, lUiger. 



Brown; beneath white ; chest black spotted ; tail equal; 

 bill above black, beneath white. 



