MERULID^. 



349 



brevioribus ; quartas, quin- 

 tse, et sextae pogoniis ex- 

 ternis leviter prope me- 

 dium immarginatis. 



Pedes subgraciles : acrotarsia 

 scutellata; paratarsia In- 

 tegra. 



Cauda mediocris, rotundata. 



shorter : the fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth, with the outer 

 web shghtly immarginate 

 towards the middle. 



hegs rather slender: acro- 

 tarsia scutellated; para- 

 tarsia intire. 



Tail moderate, rounded. 



Sp. 1. Co. vocifera. 



Tu. vociferus. Swainson. Vide Steph. v. xiii. 2. p. 196. 



GENUS XCVI. 6.— PETROCINCLA, Vigors. 

 ROCKTHRUSH. 



Rostrum subforte, rectum, 

 culmine apice arcuato. 



Nares basales, rotundae, setis 



partim tectae. 

 Alee mediocres: remex prima 



brevissima, fere spuria, 



tertia longissima, secunda 



paulo brevior. 

 Pedes mediocres, subfortes ; 



acrotarsia paratarsiague 



Integra. 

 Cauda brevis, sequalis. 



Beak rather strong, straight, 

 with the culmen bent at 

 the tip. 



Nostrils basal, rounded, 

 partly covered by bristles. 



Wing-s moderate ; the first 

 quill shortest, nearly spu- 

 rious, the third longest, 

 the second rather shorter. 



Z^^5 moderate, rather strong; 

 acrotarsia and paratarsia 

 intire. 



Tail short, even. 



Type. — Sp. 1. Pe. Europaea. 



Turdus saxatilis, Steph. v. xiii. 2. p. 198. 



