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GENUS XC — BRACHYPUS, Swainson 



Rostrum breve, gracile, de- 



bile ; setce nuchales obso 



letse. 

 Rictus \ix ciliatus. 

 Pedes graciles ; tarsi brevi, 



Les Turdoides, Temm. 



Beak short, slender, weak ; 

 nuchal bristles obsolete. 



Gape scarcely ciliated. 

 Legs slender ; tarsi short. 



The species of this genus, named as above by Mr. 

 Swainson in the Zoological Journal, v. i. p. 305, are 

 all natives of Africa or India : they are closely allied 

 to the Dicruri. 



Sp. 1. Br. Cafer. 



Turdus Cafer. Steph. v. x. p. 298. — Le Curouge. Le Vaill 

 Ois. d'Afriq. iii.pl. 107- /. 1. 

 Sp. 2. Br. chrysorrhoeus. 

 Br. griseofuscus infra albidus ; vertice genis guldque nigris y 



tectricibns inferioribus caudce aureo-flavis. 

 Grey-brown Brachypus beneath whitish ; with the crown, cheeks, 



and throat black ; the under tail-coverts golden-yellow. 

 Le Cudor. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. Hi. pi. 146. f 2.— Turdus 



chrysorrhoeus. Temm. — Gold-vented Thrush. Lath. Gen. 



Hist. v. v. 82. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. The crown, cheeks, 

 and throat are black : the upper parts of the body 

 grey-brown : wings deeper : under parts, from the 

 chin and upper tail-coverts dusky-white : under tail- 

 coverts golden-yellow : beak black : irides and legs 

 brown. 



Sp. 3. Br. Le Vaillantii. 



Le Brunnoir. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. Hi. pi 106. f. 1.— Turdus 

 Le Vaillantii. Temm. — Brunet Thrush, var. a. Lath. Gen. Hist. 

 v. v. 79. — Turdus Capensis. Slcplt. v. x. 2 to. 





