JOURNA L 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



"On the Leiotrichane Birds oftheSubhemalayas" by B.H. Hodgson, Esq. : 

 with some additions and annotations, — a Synopsis of the Indian Pari, — 

 and of the Indian Fringillidce, By E. Blyth, Curator of the Asiatic 

 Society's Museum. 



LEIOTRICHANE. 



Leiothrix, Swainson. — Bill short, strong, more or less conic, the culmen 

 and gonys equally curved before the nares, and the tomia scarpt : tip of 

 upper mandible strongly inclined over the lower, with salient notch [?], 

 but not Lanian [or Shrike-like] ; of the lower obtuse, entire, and straight. 

 Nares distinctly fossed, advanced, implumose, lateral ; the aperture more 

 or less lunated by the more or less hardened and scale-like tect. Rictus 

 moderate, furnished with long but feeble bristles : nares also furnished 

 with hairs. Wings short, round, firm, bowed, with five primaries gra- 

 dated, the sixth and seventh equal and longest. Legs and feet very strong ; 

 tarse a third longer than middle toe and nail, and nearly or quite smooth : 

 toes medial, unequal, depressed, the anterior basally connected, the 

 outer more so and longer ; the hind large and broad, alone exceeding the 

 inner digit, and with its nail the outer, but not equal to the central toe 

 and nail. Nails strong, compressed, falcate ; hind largest. Tail short, 

 lyrate, mucronate. 



Type Leiothrix furcatus ? [Swainson, or rather sinensis, being the 

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