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APPENDIX. 



12. Genus, MICROPUS 



Rostrum caput longitudine cequans, rectum, 

 sub-conicum ; gonys ascendens. Rictus et 

 nares vibrissis debilibus, divergcntibus cir- 

 cumcincti Tarsi brevissimi, caligati. Digiti 

 laterales incequales. Hallux tarsum cequans. 

 Ala? mediocres. Cauda (squalls. 



Bill as long as the head, straight, some- 

 what conic, the gonys ascending. Rictus and 

 nostrils surrounded with weak diverging bris- 

 tles. Tarsi very short ; the scales undivided ; 

 lateral toes unequal ; hinder toe as long as the 

 tarsus. W ings moderate, rounded ; tall even. 



Type. — T. chalcocephalus, Temm., pi. col. 483. Turdus licolor, Ghay ; and three other species. India. 

 13. Genus, PHYLLASTREPHUS. 



Rostrum caput longitudine cequans, vali- 

 dum, apice arcuatd. Vibrissa? mastacales 

 validcE. Pluma? capistri parvce, densce, re- 

 cumbentes. Alae caudaque mediocres, rotun- 

 datcc. Pedes breves, validi, robusti ; scutula? 

 tarsi anticce distinctae. Digiti laterales ince- 

 quales. Hallux tarso brevior, digitum me- 

 dium cequans. Ungues magni, lati, uncinati, 



Bill as long as the head, strong, the tip ra- 

 ther hooked ; rictus strongly bristled ; frontal 

 feathers small, compact, directed forward. 

 Wings and tail moderate, rounded. Feet 

 short, strong, robust. Anterior tarsal scales 

 divided. Lateral toes unequal. Hinder toe 

 shorter than the tarsus, but as long as the 

 middle toe. Claws large, broad, hooked, 

 acute. 



acuti. 



Type. — Le Jaboteur, Le Vaill., pi. 112, f. 1. Five species, all from Africa 



Sub-family, MYOTHERIN^l. 



14. Genus, DASYCEPHALA. 



Rostrum caput longitudine cequans, basi Bill as long as the head, straight, the tip 



latum, medio cylindricum, apice aduncum ; abruptly hooked, the base wide; cylindrical 



gonyde ascendente. Nares et capistrum plumis beyond. Gonys ascending. JYostrils and 



rigidis setisque tectce. Vibrissa? mastacales front of the head defended by rigid feathers 



validce. Tarsi elongati, graciles : squamis la- and bristles. Rictus strongly bristled. Tarsi 



Digiti 



teralibus pluribus, parvis, ovalibus 

 et ungues graciles. Digitus interims brevis ; 

 externus medio connexus. Unguis posticus 

 permagnus. Ala? caudaque rotundatce. 



lengthened, slender; lateral scales numerous, 

 small, oval. Toes and claws slender ; inner 

 toe short ; outer toe connected to the middle ; 

 hind claw very large. Wings and tail rounded. 



Types. — Ty. rufescens, Sw. Rufiventer, Vieill., &c. Five species from Brazil ; one Africa. 



Sub-family, MERULINiE. 



15. Genus, CHAETOPS. 

 Rostrum mediocre, rostri meruit instar, Bill moderate, thrush-like, notched ; nostrils 



emarginatum ; nares basales, magnce, nudce, basal, large, naked, membranaceous; the aper- 



