MERULIDA. — CRATEROPODINE. 235 
_ point, which is slightly notched. Wings very short ; 
the two first quills eraduated ; the three next longest, 
and of equal length. Tail lengthened, broad, gra- 
is duated; the feathers narrowed towards their tips. 
_ Under tail-covers excessively long. Feet moderate ; 
the inner toe longer than the outer. Australia : — 
analogous to Accentor among the Sylviade. 
C. punctata. Shaw, Zool. of N. H. pl. 9. 
Matacocrrcus, Sw. Bill more or less curved, by 
being elevated at the base, having the sides much 
compressed, and the culmen high and arched: the 
tip almost entire, and not suddenly bent over the 
lower. Feet very large. Tail soft, graduated, ge- 
_ nerally lengthened. 
Malacocircus striatus. Zool. Ill. ii. pl. 127. 
Megalurus, Horsfield. 219 
_ Billslender. Rictus 
bristled. Wings very ZZ 
short ; the two first en AE 
quills ieocidanted; the eccrine ‘~ 
four next all of the 
same length, and 
longest. Taillength- « 
ened,graduated ; the 
feathers narrow. Feet 
very large and strong. ‘Toes lengthened ; the inner toe 
rather longer than the outer. Claws slender, and 
but slightly curved. Anterior scales divided ; lateral 
entire. India. 
M. palustris. L. T. xiii. 159. cruralis. Tb.228. (fig. 212.)* 
Pomatorhinus, Horsfield. General structure of Cra- 
teropus; but both mandibles of the bill are curved 
aud entire, the wings shorter and much more 
rounded ; the four first quills graduated. The tarsal 
scales entire. Inner toe slightly shorter than the 
outer. 
P. montanus, Horsf. Java; also Lin. Tr. xiii. 165. 
* This, if it really belongs to Megalurus, is a very aberrant species. 
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