226 ON THE CLASSIFICATION 
T. audax. Sw. Motos. No. 3. _ crinita. + a 1. 
borealis. N. Z. ii. pl. 35. sibilans, &e. iit ren. 
Famiry MERULIDH. Tihrushes. an 
Susram. BRACHYPODINZ. Short-footed Thrushes. 
Feet very short. The hind toe almost as long as the 
tarsus. Claws short, broad, and much curved. Bill dis. 
tinctly notched. Wings short, rounded. Feathers on 
_ the rump very long and thick set. (fig. 205.) | 
Micropus, Sw. (fig.205. c,d) Bill as long as the 
head, straight, somewhat conic, but the culmen 
gradually arched. ‘Tarsus remarkably short, feathered 
beyond the knees. (fig. 206.c) Lateral toes unequal ; 
hinder as long as the tarsus. Wings moderate ; the 
first quill almost spurious. Tail even. 
M. calcocephalus. Pl]. Col. 433. — melanoleucus.* 
Hypsepetes. Vigors. Tail forked. 
P. psaroides. Gould’s Cent. 
Bracuypvus, Sw. Bill shorter than the head ; the ba 
broad ; the sides compressed: culmen elevated. a r 
curved from the base. Rictus generally farniche 
oy 
Pd 
is very numerous in species, have not yet been sufficiently ana ilys 
There are many remarkable modifications of structure ; but all, as IT velit 
of a subordinate nature. 
* Turdus melanoleucus Gray. 
