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hooked ; the notch very distinct: ¢g ap : _ stror 
bristled. Wings lengthened ; the first quill spur acs 
the second shorter than the third, the bani io n 
Tail moderate, resembling Erythaca. Tarsus n n 
derate. Inner toe much shorter than the oute 
Australia. 
P, multicolor. Z. Il. ii. pl. 36. bicolor. Z. Il. ii. pl. 4 
SuBraM. PHILOMELINE. Nightingales. 
General structure larger and more robust than the 
typical warblers. Feet formed more for perching. | 
Pua@nicura, Sw. Redstarts. Bill very straight anc 
slender ; the culmen depressed above the nostrils; 
the’ gonys ascending ; the commissure inflexed: — 
gape nearly smooth. Wings moderate ; the first quill — 
spurious, the second and the eighth equal, the fourth — 
and fifth equal, and longest. Tail broad, slightly 
rounded. Tarsi lengthened, slender. The lateral oes 
almost equal. 
P. rutacilla. Selby, 46. f. 3. calliope. Lath. Sup. Vig. 
Suecica. Pl. Enl. 610. f. 1. atrata. Ill. Orn. pl. 86. 
PaitomeLa, Antiq. Nightingales. Bill rather strong, 
short; the culmen straight towards the base, and 
more than usually curved just at the tip: under 
mandible nearly as thick as the upper; the gonys 
ascending ; the commissure straight, but not ir : 
flexed. Wings moderate; the quills straight and 
narrow ; the fist quill spurious ; the second shorter 
than the third and fourth, which are the longest. — 
Feet moderate, stout. The inner toe rather the 
shortest. The claws short, and fully curved. 
P. atricapilla. Selby, 46. f. 2. Orphea. Pl. Enl. 579. f. 1. 
melanocephala. In. O.1i.509. sericea. Tem. Man, i. 197. — 
Luscinia. Selby, 46. f. 1. _nisorea. Nau. pl. 33. f. 67% | 
germanica. N. pl. 26. f. 52. | 
Curruca, Bechst. Resembling Philomela, but the genera: 
structure is more delicate. Bill lengthened, slender ; 
the culmen gently curved from the base. Wing: 
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