234 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF 1 
Crarteropus, Sw. Bill nearly 
as,long as the head ; more 
or less straight from the 
‘base ; much compressed ; 
obsoletely notched. Rictus 
bristled. Frontal feathers 
Tail large, broad, soft, and 
rounded. Feet very large r | 
and strong. Tarsus lengthened; the anterior sca : 
divided. Lateral toes nearly equal; hind toe large, 
nearly as long as the middle toe. Plumage 
soft. (fig. 211.) 
Reinwardii. Z. Ill. i. 30. * albogularis. Z. P. iii. 187 
ruficeps. Pt. 5. No.31. ( ( fig. 211.) * ocellatus. Ib. iii. 48. 
platycircus. W. Af. i. 274. * variegatus. Ib. 
atripennis. Ib. 278. * erythrocephalus. Ib. 
enonere. Ib. pl. 31. * squamatus. I.of O.ii.pl. 4, 
* pectoralis. Z. P. iii. 186. * chrysopterus. Z. P. iii. 48. 
leucolophus. Lin: Tr. xi. pl. 15. * rufo-gularis. Ib. 
GRALLINA, Vieillot.t Bill slender, straight, rather cy 
lindrical above ; the sides very little compressed ; th 
base broader than high ; the tips of both mandibles 
distinctly notched. Nostrils naked, basal. Rictus with 
a few bristles. Wings very long ; the first and secor t 
quills graduated ; the four next the longest. Tail 
lengthened, even. Feet strong, formed for walking, — 
black; the anterior scales divided, the rest entire. 
Lateral toes equal; the middle toe and claw short, 
and very little longer than the hind toe. Aus- 
tralia. ) 
G. gaclaneleties Vieil. Gal. pl. 150. 
Cinclosoma, Horsfield and Vigors. Bill very straight ; 
- the culmen and gonys equally curved towards the ~ 
* These birds I have not examined; but as'the characters of t : | 
supposed new genus, Ianthocincla, under which they have been placed, a1 
precisely those of Crateropus, published more than four years previous 
(North, Zool. ii. 1831.), I have no hesitation in introducing them in th 
proper group. 
+ I have placed this singular type, on account of its very strong tee, 
the present subfamily ; but its precise station requires further analysis : | wo 
is evidently a representation of Enicurus. ) a 
