ERYTHACINiE, 



entire scale. Toes long and slender, the lateral ones unequal, the inner the shortest ; the hind toe long 

 and strong ; the claws long, curved, compressed, and acute. 



It is in the central and northern parts of Nepal that these birds are found. They are solitary, and are either seen 

 on low brushwood or on the ground, in which places they seek for small pulpy berries and minute insects. The nest is 

 composed of moss, and is usually placed under the cover of some projecting rock or stone. 



1. N. rufilatus Hodgs. Proc. Z. S. 1845. p. — Nemura cyanura I 2. N. chrystea (Hodgs.) Proc. Z. S. 1845. p. — Type of Tarsiger 

 et N. flavolivacea Hodgs. | Hodgs. (1845). 



Bradybates Hodgs.* 



Bill moderate and slender, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is 

 slightly emarginated ; the gape broad, and furnished with short bristles ; the lateral margins nearly- 

 straight and inflexed ; the nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a membranous groove, with the opening 

 lunate and partly exposed. Wings short and rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills equal and 

 longest. Tail long, broad, and rounded. Tarsi rather longer than the middle toe, and slender, and 

 covered in front with an entire scale. Toes rather long and slender, with the outer toe rather longer 

 than the inner ; the hind toe long, and furnished with a long, much curved, and acute claw. 



1. B. phamicuro'ides Hodgs. MSS. . ! 2. B. pectoralis (Gould), IconesAviura.pl. 



Erytiiacus Cuv.-\ 



Bill moderate, strong, broad at the base, with the culmen slightly sloping to near the tip, which is 

 curved and slightly emarginated ; the sides compressed ; the lateral margins nearly straight and inflexed, 

 and the gonys long and advancing upwards ; the nostrils basal and lateral, and placed in a membranous 

 groove, with the opening exposed and longitudinal. Wings reaching to the end of the tail coverts, and 

 rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills equal and longest. Tail moderate, broad, and emarginated. 

 Tarsi slender, longer than the middle toe, and covered in front with an entire scale. Toes moderate and 

 slender, with the outer toe longer than the inner, and united at the base ; the hind toe long and slender ; 

 the claws moderate, curved, and acute. 



The single species of this genus is found in Europe, where during the summer months it resides in the thickest woods, 

 but on the approach of winter leaves its solitary abode, and is generally observed near the habitations of man. It is 

 solitary in its habits, never congregating in flocks, even when performing its partial migrations. It subsists on worms 

 (which it beats to death and cleanses before eating), insects, and their larva3. It possesses great boldness in attacking 

 other small birds, if approaching the vicinity of its nest, or the place that it has selected for its own peculiar province 

 during the winter. The nest is composed of moss, stalks of plants, and dead leaves, lined internally with hair, and is 



* This division was proposed by Mr. Hodgson in 1844 (List of Nepal Birds), under the name of Bradypterus ; but which, having been 

 used, is changed to the above. 



t Established by Cuvier between 1799 and 1800. It is equal with Daudalus (1826) of M. Boie, Rubecula (1828) of M. Brehm. 



