; MERULIDA. — MYOTHERINE. 2351 
Nostrils protected and nearly covered by incumbent 
feathers. Rictus bristled. Wings rounded ; the four 
first quills much graduated. ‘Tail moderate, or 
lengthened, graduated. Feet strong, rather length- 
ened: the inner toe scarcely shorter than the outer. 
India. (fig. 125, 126. page 25.) 
C. thalassina. Pl. Co). 401. Sinensis. Pl. Enl. 620. 
Grallaria, Vieillot. Bill thrush-like, as in Pitta. 
_ Wings rounded ; the two first quills graduated, the 
first half as long as the second, the three next nearly 
equal. Tail short, and rounded. Legs very long: the 
_ tarsus slender, pale ; the anterior scales divided, the 
lateral scales (typically) entire.t Lateral toes nearly 
equal. 
G. rex. Pl. Enl. 702. meruloides. Ill. Orn. pl. 11. 
Myoruonus, Temminck. Bill strong, thrush-like ; but 
the upper mandible greatly curved at the tip, and 
destitute of a notch. Wings rounded ; the four first 
quills much graduated. Tail rather short, convex, 
even ; the tip of the feathers mucronate. Legs length- 
ened, strong, black. Inner toe slightly shorter than 
the outer. Tarsal scales smooth and entire. 
M. metallicus. P. C. 170. nitidus. Gray. (pl. unpub. ) 
Cincivus, Bechst. Bill moderate, rather slender, very 
straight, considerably depressed ; the tip obsoletely 
notched ; gonys ascending. Nostrils naked, mem- 
branaceous ; the aperture very small and _ linear. 
Wings moderate, rounded ; the first quill spurious. 
Tail very short, even. Feet large, very strong, pale ; 
the lateral toes equal: the tarsal scales entire and 
smooth. | 
C. albicollis. Selby pl. 45*. Pallasii. Gould, C. pl. 24. 
Americanus. N. Z. Bon. Asiaticus. N. Z. ii. 174. 
Orn. pl. 16. f. 1. ) 
' Susram. MERULINA. True Thrushes. 
Wings more lengthened, and pointed. Bill notched, 
+ It appears to me that Chemeza Vig. is more an aberrant species of 
Grallaria than a distinct type in the genus Pitta: the only species known 
chiefly differs in having the tail longer, and the lateral scales divided. 
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