iMALACOCICllLA. — MALACONÜTUS. 
Ma/acocircus </riseus Cassin, Report Unit. St. Exped. Japan 240. 
sn hml. is Blyth, Journ. as. Sod. Bengal 1842. XI. 883; 1844. XIII. 369. 
[Malabar. 
Timalia subrufa Jerdon, Madras Journ. X. 256. — Delessert, Souv. voy. 
Inde II. 28. 
Timalia poecilorhyncha de Lafresnaye, Revue Zool. 1840. 560. 
Layardia subrufa Gray, Handl. Birds I. 279. 
taivanus Swinhoe, Ibis 1865. 546. = Garrulax taivanus Swinh. 
terricolor Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1844. XIII. 367. — Malacocercus 
canorus Bonap. 
MALACOCICHLA (Turdidae. — p.aXaxoç mollis, >a)(Xa turdus) Gould, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1854. XXII. 285. == Turdus Lin. 
Bill straight, shorter than the head; culmen keeled and slightly descending 
from the middle to the point; tomiae nearly straight; upper mandible slightly 
notched at the tip; nostrils placed in a deep depression on each side of the base 
of the bill; rictus destitute of vibrissae; wings semiconcave, moderately long and 
slightly rounded; first quill very short, the fourth the longest; tarsi somewhat 
lengthened and with slight or delicate scutellation ; middle and hind toes very long; 
tail moderately long, somewhat concave and soft to the touch. 
deas Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1855. XLI. 657. = Turdus dry as. 
dryas Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854. XXII. 285. Tb. 75. = Turdus dryas. 
fuscater Gray, Handl. Birds I. 259. ,= Turdus fuscater d'Orb. 
maculata Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858. 64. = Turdus maculatus. 
mexicanus Gray, Handl. Birds I. 259. = Turdus mexicanus. 
MALACOCINCLA ( Aegithininae. — (JtocXaxoç mollis, xiyxkos nom. propr.) Blyth, 
Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 600. = Trichastoma Blyth. 
Bill as long as the head, rather stout, high, much compressed, the tip of 
the upper mandible pretty strongly hooked, but indistinctly emarginated, and its 
ridge obtusely angulated towards the base, the remainder scarcely angulated; gap 
but little widened and feebly bristled; nostrils large and subovate, with oval 
aperture to the front, a little removed from the base of the bill. Tarse of the 
mean length and strength, as long as the middle toe with its claw; the claws 
suited for perching, compressed and moderately curved, that of the hind toe 
rather large. Wings moderate, with the first primary reaching to about their 
middle, the second much shorter than the third, and the fourth longest. Tail 
rather short, weak and even, except that its outermost feathers are a little shorter 
than the rest. Plumage full and lax, the coronal feathers somewhat elongated 
and of a spatulate form. 
Abbotti Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1845. XIV. 601. == Trichastoma 
Abotti Blyth. 
MALAC0CIRCUS Swainson, Classif. Birds 235. ±= Malacocercus Strickl. 
MALAC0L0PHUS (Picidae. — [xaXaxoç mollis, X090Ç crista) Swainson, Classific. 
Birds [1831] 1837. II. 308. = Picus Lin. 
Versatile toe shorter than the anterior. Culmen curved, the lateral ridge 
wanting; tarsus shorter than the versatile toe. — Neck slender. Head with a 
lengthened crest of soft, loose, long feathers. Nostrils naked, the aperture oval. 
Bill broad at the base, much compressed beyond. Culmen very sharp, 
castaneus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 309. = Picus castaneus Spix. 
cinnamomeus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 309. = Picus cinnamomeus Gmel. 
flavescens Swainson,' Classif. Birds II. 309. === Picus flavescens Gmel. 
flavicans Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 309. = Picus exalbidus Gmel. 
melanochrysos Hodgson, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1837. VI. 109. = Picus 
bengalensis Lin. 
ochraceus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 309. = Picus ochraceus Spix. 
undatus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 309. =■ Picus undatus Lin. 
MALACONOTUS (Laniidae. — fjuxXaxoç mollis, votoç dorsum) — Swainson, 
Zool. Journ. 1827. III. 163. 
