APPENDIX. 



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Family, MERULID^. 



Sub-family, BRACHYPODIN.E, Nob. 

 11. Genus, BRACHYPUS. 



Rostrum capite brevius, basi latum, late- 

 ribus compressis ; culmine elevato, et e basi 

 arcuato. Rictus scepius vibrissis longis ar- 

 matus. Pedes brevissimi, validi. Tarsi cali- 

 gati. Ungues valde curvati, acuti. Alae 

 caudaque rotundatce. Hab. orb. antiq. 



Bill shorter than the head ; the base broad, 

 sides compressed, culmen elevated, and curved 

 from the base. Rictus generally furnished 

 with long bristles. Feet very short, strong; 

 scales of the tarsus entire. Claws much curved, 

 acute. Wings and tail rounded. Inhabits 

 the old world. 



Synopsis Sub-generorum. 

 Rostrum breve; vibrissa mastacales 

 validce. P edes parvi, debiles : digiti[ BRACHYPUS, 

 laterales cequales. Hallux tarsum Swains. 



cequans. 



Type. — Brachypus dispar, Sw. ( Turdus dispar, Horsf.) 



Synopsis of the Sub-genera. 



Bill short ; rictus bristled. Feet 

 small, weak : lateral toes equal. 

 Hinder toe as long as the tarsus. 



Rostrum longiusculum, apice adun- 

 cd; emarginatione in denticulo abeunte. 

 Rictus Icevis. Pedes parvi : digiti 

 laterales incequales. Hallux tarso 

 paulo brevius. 



CHLOROPSIS, 

 J.&S. 



Bill more lengthened ; the tip much 

 hooked ; the notch forming a small 

 distinct tooth. Rictus smooth. Feet 

 small ; lateral toes unequal ; the hinder 

 toe rather shorter than the tarsus. 



See Jardine & Selby's Illustrations of Ornithology, vol. ii. 



Rostrum caput longitudine feri\ 

 cequans, elongato-conicum. Rictus | 

 Icevis. Tarsi longiusculi ; ■ scutulae 

 anticcp diviste. Cauda cequulis. 



IORA, Horsf. 



Bill nearly as long as the head ; 

 lengthened conic. Rictus smooth. 

 Tarsi somewhatlengthened; the ante- 

 rior scales divided. Tail even. 



Type. — Iora scapularis , Horsf. Linn. Trans., xiii , p. 151. 



Rostrum breve; mandibuld supe-\ r _Bt7/ short; the upper mandible ser- 



riori apicem versus serratd. S'cf(£l^ NI)R0PAD US*J ra j- e( j ne ar the tip. Neck with seta- 

 rollo impositae. J Iceous hairs. 



Type. — Vimportan, Le Vaill., iii., p. 41, pi. 106, f. 2. 



Rostrum breve : vibrissa masta--\ c Bill short ; rictus bristled. Late- 



cales. Digiti laterales incequales. Hal-l ' < ral toes unequal. Hinder toe shorter 



lux tarso brevior. I I than the tarsus. 



Types. — 1. Chrysorrho'dus, Le Vaill. iii. 4C. 2. Turdus hcemorrhous, Auct. 



4. Erythrotis, Sw. (L. jocosus, Link.) &c. 



3. T.bimaculatus, Horsf. 



* Th. aw, 



et 0-z-a.lo; comes, adsectator. 



