TIMALIN2E. 



Pellouneum Swains.* 



Bill moderate and straight, with the culmen gradually curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which 

 is emarginated ; the lateral margins nearly straight, and the gonys moderate and ascending ; the nostrils 

 basal, with the opening lunate, exposed, and partly closed by a membranous scale. Wings short and 

 rounded, with the fifth and sixth quills the longest. Tail moderate, and much rounded. Tarsi longer 

 than the middle toe, and the front with an almost entire scale. Toes moderate, with the outer rather 

 longer than the inner, and united at its base ; the hind toe long and strong : the claws small and 

 slightly curved. 



The species of this genus are found in the elevated parts of India. Mr. Jerdon remarks on one of the species, that 

 it associates in small flocks among the low shrubs and thickets in lofty jungles, descending to the ground, where it hops 

 about in search of various insects, and from thence running up and climbing the small branches, keeping a continual 

 chattering, and every now and then one of them, perched on a low bough, elevating his head and neck, and giving 

 utterance to a sort of a crowing laugh. On being disturbed, they retreat through the trees and underwood, at no great 

 height from the ground. 



1. P. ruficeps Swains. Faun. Bor. Amer. App. p. 4S7. — Cincli- | 2. P. olimceum Jerd. Madr. Journ. Lit. and Sci. 1 S3Q. p. 255. 

 dia punctata Gould. 



TURNAGHA LeSS.-[ 



Bill short, broad and elevated at the base, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the 

 tip, which is emarginated ; the lateral margins much curved, and the gonys long and ascending ; the 

 nostrils basal, with the opening anterior, rather rounded, and slightly covered with a few bristles and 

 plumes. Wings moderate and rounded, with the fifth and sixth quills equal and longest. Tail long, 

 broad, and rounded. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, strong, and covered in front with broad scales. 

 Toes long and strong, with the outer toe longer than the inner, and united at its base ; the hind toe long, 

 strong, and armed with a strong curved claw. 



One of the species is found in New Zealand, and the other is from the mountainous portions of India. The former 

 haunts low bushes, or is seen on the ground searching for seeds, which constitute its chief food. Its flight is only 

 extended for a short distance at a time. 



1. T. crassirostris (Lath.) — Loxia turdus Forst. Descr. Anim. 

 p. 85., Icon. ined. 145. ; Tanagra capensis Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 

 45. ; T. macularia Quoy $■ Gaim. Voy. de l'Astrol. Ois. t. 7- 

 f. 1. 



2. T. ? striata (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1830. p. 1., Gould, Cent, of 

 B. pi. 37/ 



* Mr. Swainson established this genus in 1831 (Faun. Bor. Amer. p. 487.). Cinclidia of Mr. Gould (1837) is synonymous. 

 f Established by M. Lesson in 1837 (Compl.de Buffon, viii. p. 216.). Keropia, which I proposed in 1840, is coequal. 



