MALURIN^. 



Drymoica Swains.* 



Bill short, and more or less strong, with the culmen more or less curved, and the sides compressed to 

 the tip, which is entire or slightly emarginated ; the gonys long and ascending : the gape furnished 

 with very short weak bristles ; the nostrils basal, placed in a membranous groove, with the opening 

 lunate, exposed, and partly closed by a scale. Wings short and rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills 

 equal and longest. Tail more or less long, broad and rounded, and sometimes the tips of the feathers 

 pointed. Tarsi rather longer than the middle toe, strong, and covered in front with broad scutellations. 

 Toes lengthened and slender, with the lateral toes nearly equal, the outer united at its base, the hind 

 toe lone 1 , and armed with a long claw. 



Most of the species of this division are inhabitants of the continent of Africa ; but others are found in South Europe, 

 India, and Australia, They frequent shrubby places, open spaces abounding in long grass, and the reeds and herbage 

 that grow on the margins of rivers and pools of water. It is on the ground that they mostly seek their food, which 

 consists of insects. Their flight is weak, and generally performed only for a short distance ; but their usual mode of 

 concealment is by running among the herbage, which they are capable of doing with great dexterity, with the tail some- 

 times erect over the back. The song of these birds varies with the species ; it is very loud and unpleasant. The nest 

 is formed in low bushes or among reeds, and is composed of moss, fibres, and the cotton of plants ; having in some 

 instances an opening on the side for an entrance. The female deposits from six to eight eggs. 



1. D. maculosa (Bodd.) — Sylvia macroura Lath. PL enl. 752. 

 f. 2., Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. 1. 129, 130. ; Malurus capensis Steph. 



2. D. brachyptera (Vieill.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. 1. 122. — Bra- 

 dypterus platyurus Swains. ; Calamoherpe saltator Boies Type of 

 Brady pterus Swains. (1837). 



3. D. thoraciea (Shaw), Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 123. — Apalistho- 

 racica Swains. Zool. 111. n. s. pi. 119-, Nat. Misc. pi. 969. ; Sylvia 

 gutturalis Boie. 



4. D. textrix (Vieill.) Smith, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 131., Smith, 

 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 74. f. I.— Type of Hemipteryx Swains. (1837). 



5. D. superciliosa Swains. B. of W. Afr. pi. 11. 



6. D. subflava (Gmel.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. 1. 127. — Sylvia fla- 

 vicans Vieill. 



7. D. diophrys (Shaw), Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 128., Nat. Misc. 

 pi. 973. 



8. D. oxyura (Shaw), Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 133., Nat. Misc. 

 pi. 957- 



9. D. ? coriphea Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 120. 



10. D. undata (Lath.) PL enl. 582. f. 2. 



11. T>. fulvicapilla (Vieill.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 124. f. 1, 2. 



12. D. ? minuta (Shaw), Nat. Misc. pi. 997-, Levaill. Ois. d' 

 Afr. t. 134. — Parus fuscus Vieill. ? ; Sylvia anthophila Boie. 



13. D. ocularia Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 74. f. 1. 



14. LX pectoralis Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 75. f. 2. 



15. D. substriata Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 72. f. 1. 



16. D. pallida Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 72. f. 2. 



17. D. , — Dromoica ruficapilla Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. 



pi 73. f. 1. 



18. 



D. 



19- 



D. 



20. 



D. 



21, 



D. 



22. 



D. 



23. 



IX 



24. 



IX 



25. 



IX 



26. 



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27. 



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29. 



IX 



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I). 



31. 



IX 



32. 



D. 



33. 



D. 



34. 



D. 



35. 



D. 



36. 



IX 



37. 



IX 



38. 



IX 



39- 



D. 



iO. 



D. 



41. 



IX 



42. 



IX 



43. 



D. 



44. 



D. 



45. 



D. 



Levaillantii Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 73. f. 2. 

 terrestris Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 74. f. 2. 

 capensis Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 76. f. 1. 

 subruficapilla Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 76. f. 2. 

 affinis Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 77. f. 1. 

 cherina Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 77- f- 2. 

 aberrans Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 78. 

 chiniana Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 79. 

 natalensis Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 80. 

 subcinnamomea Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 111. f. 1. 

 fasciolata Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 111. f. 2. 

 damans Riipp. Zool. Atlas, t. 2. f. a., PL col. 466. f. 2. 

 gracilis Riipp. Zool. Atlas, t. 2. f. b., PL col. 466. f. 1 . 

 pulchella Riipp. Zool. Atlas, t. 35. f. a. 

 inquieta Riipp. Zool. Atlas, t. 36. f. b. 

 ruficeps Riipp. Zool. Atlas, t. 36. f. a. 

 rufifrons Riipp. Faun. Abyss, t. 41. f. 2. 

 mystacea Riipp. Syst. Uebers. t. 10. 

 robusta Riipp. Syst. Uebers. t. 13. 

 lugubris Riipp. Syst. Uebers. t. 11. 

 erythrogenys Riipp. Syst. Uebers. t. 12. 

 polychroa (Temm.) PL col. 466. f. 3. 

 mentalis Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1843. p. 16. 

 Stangeri Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1843. p. 16. 

 lateralis Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1843. p. 16. 

 ruficapilla Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1843. p. 16. 

 rufa Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1843. p. 17. 



iris Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1843. p. 17- 



* Established by Mr. Swainson in 1827- It embraces Bradypterus (1837) and Hemipteryx {XSSI) of Mr, Swainson, and Cisticola 

 of M. Lesson (1831), Sphenaacus of Mr. Strickland (1841), and probably Horeites of Mr. Hodgson (1844). 



