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MEllULID^. 



Pedes subgraciles: tarsi eXon- 

 gati ; acrotarsia scutel- 

 lata ; digiti subelongati, 

 gracili, duobus extemis ad 

 basin connexis, unguihus 

 gracilibus, compressis ; 

 halluce subelongato, sub- 

 forti, ung'ue subelongato, 

 arcuato, maxime com- 

 presso. 



Cauda brevis, rotunda. 



Legs rather slender: tarsi 

 elongated; acrotarsia scu- 

 tellated : toes somewhat 

 elongated, slender, the two 

 outer connectedat thebase, 

 with slender compressed 

 claws ; the hinder-toe 

 rather elongated and 

 strong, its claxv somewhat 

 lengthened, bent and much 

 compressed. 



Tail short, rounded. 



Sp. 1. Ch. meruloides. Zool. Journ. (^Vigors.) v, n. p. 421. 

 Ch. supra brunnea, stibtus rufescenti-(dbida ; nigro longitiidi- 



naliter macnlatd ; gula alba; crisso rectricumque apice rtifes- 



centibus. 

 Chamseza above brown, beueath reddish-white, longitudinally 



spotted with black ; with the throat white ; the vent and tip 



of tlie tail-feathers reddish. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



GENUS XCIV. ^<.— COSSYPHA, Vigors. 



Rostrum mediocre, subgra- 

 cile, culmlne leviter arcu- 

 ato. 



Naves basales, ovales, longi- 

 tudinales. 



Aloe mediocres, rotundae : re- 

 mex prima brevissima, 

 quinta longissima, quarta, 

 tcrtia, et secunda paulatim 



Beak moderate, rather slen- 

 der, the culmen slightly 

 bent. 



Nostrils basal, oval, longi- 

 tudinal. 



JVitigs moderate, rounded : 

 the first quill shortest, the 

 fifth longest, the fourth, 

 third, and second, a little 



