236 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
Timalia, Horsfield. Plumage lax. Bill s sti aight, 
short, considerably compressed : the culmen a 
and gradually arched ; the tip obsoletely not hed, 
entire. Commissure Hate! |, Wings short, rounde 
Tail more or less lengthened, graduated, ; 
strong. Lateral toes nearly equal. India, Austr I 
and Africa. : q 
thoracica. pl. col. 76. Sphenura Africana. O. d’ Af. — 
pileata. ,Hors. Java. iii. pl. 112. f. 2. , 
Aberrant ? * Dasyornis Australis. L. T. 7 
Phosphodes crepitans. Lin. 23k 
A¥o XV. B29: 
Prerorrocuus, Kittlitz.t Feet of extraordinary siz 
and thickness. All the anterior toes of nearly equa 
length. The claws long, slender, and but slightly 
curved. Tail rounded, of fourteen feathers, carried 
erect. Wings very short. Representing Menura and — 
Orthonyx. Western T ropical America only. | 
P. megapodius. Z.I. ii. pl.117. — rubecula. Kittl. pl. 2. 
Kittl. pl. 4. albicollis. Ib. pl. 3. 
Suzsram. ORIOLINE. Orioles. 
Bill- thrush-like, as long as the head, broad at the 
base, compressed beyond: the base and the gape devoid — 
of bristles. Nostrils naked ; the aperture large. Wings 
lengthened. Rump feathers thick. Lateral toes unequal. 
Donacozrus, Sw. Habit and general structure of 
Crateropus. Bill lengthened, slender; the culmen ~ 
arched from the base; the tip hooked and notched. — 
Nostrils large, naked, membranaceous ; the aper | 
large, oval, terminal. Wings remarkably short, and 
rounded. Tail moderate, broad, cuneated. Feet ver 
large and strong. Lateral toesequal. Claws slender, — 
acute, slightly curved. America only. _ 
D. vociferans. Zool. Il. ii. pl. 72. 
* Of all these types, or subgenera, there is but a single example of ea h : 
and as the whole of this subfamily requires a proper analysis, I have thougl 
it best not to notice them, for the present, in a more prominent manner, 
+ See Vol. I. p. 219. (" 
