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MERULID^. 



Pedes subgraciles : tarsi elon- 

 gati ; acrotarsia scutel- 

 lata ; digiti subelongati, 

 gracili, duobus externis ad 

 basin connexis, unguibus 

 gracilibus, compressis ; 

 halluce subelongato, sub- 

 forti, ungue subelongato, 

 arcuato, maxime com- 

 presso. 



Cauda brevis, rotunda. 



Legs rather slender: tarsi 

 elongated; acrotarsia scu- 

 tellated : toes somewhat 

 elongated, slender, the two 

 outer connected at the base, 

 with slender compressed 

 claws ; the hinder-toe 

 rather elongated and 

 strong, its claxv somewhat 

 lengthened, bent and much 

 compressed. 



Tail short, rounded. 



Sp. 1. Ch. meruloides. Zool. Journ. {Vigors.) v. ii. p, 421. 



Ch. supra brunnea, subtus rufescenti-cdbida ; nigra longitudi- 

 nalithr maculatd ; guld alba; crisso rectricumque apice riifes- 

 centibus. 



Chamaeza above brown, beneath reddish-white, longitudinally 

 spotted with black ; with the throat white ; the vent and tip 

 of the tail-feathers reddish. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



GENUS XCIV. ^.^COSSYPHA, Vigors. 



Rostrum mediocre, subgra- 

 cile, culmine leviter arcu- 

 ato. 



Nares basales, ovales, longi- 

 tudinales. 



Aloe mediocres, rotundae : re- 

 meoc prima brevissima, 

 quinta longissim^, quarta, 

 tertia, et secunda paulatim 



Beak moderate, rather slen- 

 der, the culmen slightly 

 bent. 



Nostrils basal, oval, longi- 

 tudinal. 



Wings moderate, rounded: 

 the first quill shortest, the 

 fifth longest, the fourth, 

 third, and second, a little 



