MNIOTILTIKE. 



among the branches in search of insects that generally harbour among the foliage ; and they also feed on small 

 berries. 



1. Y. gularis Hodgs. Journ. A. S, B. 1837. p. 231., As. Res. 

 xix. p. 166. 



2. Y. occipitalis Hodgs. Journ. A. S. B. 1837- p. 231. — Type 

 of Polyodon Hodgs. (1844). 



3. Y.flavicoUis Hodgs. Journ. A. S. A. 1837. P- 232.— Type of 

 Ixulus Hodgs. (1845). 



4. Y. nigrimentum Hodgs. Journ. A. S. B. (1845) p. 592. 



5. Y.pyrrhoura Hodgs. Journ. A. S B. (1843) p. 984.— Type 

 of Myzornis Hodgs. (1843). 



Iora Horsf* 



Bill rather long, strong, and straight, with the culmen sloping, and the sides compressed to the tip, which 

 is slightly curved and emarginated ; the gonys long and ascending ; the gape furnished with a very few weak 

 bristles ; the nostrils basal, and placed in a membranous groove, with the opening anteriorly rounded 

 and exposed. Wings moderate and rounded ; with the first three quills graduated, and the fourth to the 

 sixth equal and longest. Tail moderate, broad, and rounded on the sides. Tarsi longer than the 

 middle toe ; the front covered with scarcely divided scales. Toes moderate ; the outer toe longer than 

 the inner, and united at the base ; the hind toe rather long, strong, and armed with a strong curved 

 claw. 



The species of this division are inhabitants of India and its archipelago. They are usually observed in the open spaces 

 of the forests and jungles, and sometimes on the trees and bushes near houses, hopping actively among the small branches 

 and twigs of trees, while busily engaged in examining leaf by leaf for insects, both in the perfect and imperfect states, 

 and spiders, that live among them ; at the same time uttering a loud warbling or querulous sort of note. Their flight 

 is short, generally only from tree to tree ; and it is performed by a series of quick vibrations of the wing. 



1. I. tiphia (Linn.) Edwards's Birds, pi. 79. — Iora scapularis 

 Frankl. ; Motacilla subviridis Tick. 



2. I. ceylonica (Gmel.) Brown, 111. pi. 15. f. 2. ; Levaill. Ois. 

 d'Afr. t. 141. — iEgithina quadricolor Vieill. ; Iora tiphia var. nigra 

 Sundev. ; I. meliceps Horsf. ; Muscicapa cambayensis Lath. ; 

 Fringilla multicolor Gmel. ? 



3. I. scapularis Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 1 52. 



4. I. Lafresnayi Hartl. Mag. de Zool. 1845. t. 60. — Iora inno- 

 tata Blyth ? 



5. I. ? familiaris Kittl. Mem. de 1'Acad. St. Petersb. 1S35. i. 

 p. 235. t. 13. 



Hylophilus Temm.-f 



Bill moderate, strong, and straight, with the culmen sloping, and the sides compressed to the tip, 

 which is acute and slightly emarginated ; the gonys moderate and ascending ; the gape furnished with 

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

 towards the front, and exposed. Wings rather short, and rounded ; with the fifth quill the longest, 

 and the first to the fourth graduated. Tail long and rounded. Tarsi much longer than the middle 



* Dr. Horsfield established this genus in 1820. 

 f Established by M. Temminck in 1823 ? 



