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GENUS XC— BRACHYPUS, Swainson. 



Rostrum breve, gracile, de- 

 bile; setce nuchales obso- 

 letae. 



Rictus \ix ciliatus. 



Pedes graciles ; tarsi brevi. 



Les TuRDOiDES, Temm. 



Beak short, slender, weak ; 

 7iuchal hi'istles obsolete. 



Gape scarcely ciliated. 

 Legs slender; tarsi shorts 



The species of this genus, named as above by Mr. 

 Swainson in the Zoological Journal, v. i. p. 805, are 

 all natives of Africa or India : they are closely allied 

 to the Dicruri. 



Sp. 1. Br. Cafer. 



Turdus Cafer. Steph. v. x. p. 298. — Le Curouge. Le Vaill. 

 Ois. d'A/riq. in. pi. 107./. 1. 

 Sp. 2. Br. chrysorrhoeus. 



Br. griseo-fuscus infra albidus ; veriice genis gulaque nigris f 



tectricibus i7iferioribiis caudce aureo-flavis. 

 Grey-brown Brachypus beneatli whitish ; with the crown, cheeks, 



and throat black ; the under tail-coverts golden-yellow. 

 Le Cudor. Le Vaill. Ois. d'A/riq. iii. pi. 46. /. 2— Turdus 



chrysorrhoeus. Temtn. — Gold- vented Thrush. Lath. Gen, 



Hist. V. V. 82. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. The crown, cheeks, 

 and throat are black : the upper parts of the body 

 grey-brown : wings deeper : under parts, from the 

 chin and upper tail-coverts dusky-white : under tail- 

 coverts golden-yellow : beak black : irides and legs 

 brown. 



Sp. 3. Br. Le Vaillantii. 



Le Brunnoir. Le Vaill. Ois. d'A/riq. iii. pi. 106./ \. — Turdus 

 Le Vaillantii. Tcmm. — Bruuet Thrush, var. a. Lath. Gen. Hist, 

 V. V. 79.— Turdu? Capcnsis. Sicph. v. x. 215. 



