Q44 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
rigid and semi-setaceous. Wings very eee 
rounded ; the two first quills equally graduated 
the five next of equal length, and longest. Tai 
moderate, graduated ; the feathers broad, the tip 
oval. Legs very large and strong. ‘Tarsus 2 n¢ 
middle toe equal; hinder toe and claw rather 
shorter ; lateral toes equal. Claws slender, and bu 
slightly curved ; hinder claw large, and as longa 
its toe. Australia, 
P. anthoides. Part. 5. No. 185. 
Supram. PARIANZE.  Titmice. 
Bill either entire, or very slightly notched, more or — 
less conic. ‘Tarsus never shorter than the hind toe, 
which is large and strong. Lateral toes unequal. 
SpnropHaca, Sw. Bill depressed, resembling that of 
a Muscicapa. Rictus bristled. Wings moderate, 
somewhat pointed; the first quill slightly shorter 
than the second, the third quill longest. Tail 
somewhat lengthened, rounded; the feathers ter- 
minating in soft points. Tarsus slender, lengthened. 
( fig. 213. a,b) § 
S. ruticilla. Wil. pl. 6. f. 6. miniata. Part 5. No. 40. 
canadensis. Ib. pl. 26. 2. _auricapilla. Ib. No. 41. 
cucullata. Ib. pl. 26. f.3. rufifrons. Ib. No. 42. 
| rubra. Part 5. No. 39. ; 
Syzivicota, Sw. Fly-catching Warblers. Bill slender, 
notched a little way from the tip. The rictus weakly 
bristled. Wings long; the first quill nearly, or 
fully, as long as the others. Feet slender. 
Dumecola, Sw. (c,d) Bill small, widened at the base ; 
the sides compressed. The ant quill, and sometime | 
‘the second, slightly shorter than the following. Tail 
even, or slightly rounded; the tips mucronate. 
Tarsus longer than the hind ‘toe, Inner toe shor 
D. ruficauda. N. Z. 489. —_caniceps. Braz. B. pl. 49, 
Sylvicola, Sw. Bill very slender, acutely conic; ~ ne i 
tip of the upper mandible with an obsolete noteh 
