BRADYBATES. — BRADYPTERUS. 
ater Sundevall, Oefvers. kgl. vet. Akad. Forhdl. 1850. 105. ^ Malaconotus 
ater. 
chocolatina Gray, Handlist Birds II. 288. = Muscicapa ckocolatina Rupp. 
leucomelas Sundevall, Oefvers. vet. Akad. Forhdl. 1850. 105. = Malacono- 
tus silens. 
major Smith, lUustr. S. Afr. Zool. — Gray, Handlist Birds I. 288. — 
Africa merid. 
mariqnensis Smith, Illustr. S. Afr. Zool. Tb. 113. = Malaconotus mariquensis. 
rnficauda Verreaux. Hartlaub, Journ. Ornithol. 1859. VII. 325. Mala- 
conotus ruficauda. 
senegalensis Hartlaub, Journ. Ornithol. 1859. VH. 325. = Malaconotus 
senegalensis. 
silens Sundevall, Krit. Framställ. Fogelart. 32. = Malaconotus silens. 
simplex Gray, Handlist Birds I. 288. = Caffraria. ^ 
Spekei Hartlaub, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1863. XXXL 105. _ 
villosus Sundevall, Oefvers. vet. Akad. Forhdl. 1850. 106. = Malaconotus 
vittatus SUNT)EVALL, Oefvers. vet. Akad. Forhdl. 1850. 106. = Malaconotus 
vittatUS. QAC T ■^Q^ n 
BKADYBATES (Sylviadae) Hodgson. Gray, Genera Birds 1846. I. 181. La- 
lamodyta Meyer. -, , • n j 
Bill moderate and slender, with the culmen curved and the sides compressed 
to the tip, which is slightly emarginated; the gape broad and furnished with short 
bristles; the lateral margins nearly straight and inflexed; the nostrils basal, lateral 
placed in a membranous groove, with the opening lunate and partly exposed 
Wines short and rounded with the fourth and fifth quills equal and longest. Tail 
long broad and rounded. Tarsi rather longer than the middle toe, and slender 
and covered in front with an entire scale. Toes rather long and slender, with 
the outer toe rather longer than the inner; the hind toe long and furnished with 
a long, much curved and acute claw. 
pectoraUs Gray, Genera Birds I. 181. = Cyanecula pectoralis. 
phoenicuroides Hodgson. Gray, Genera Birds I. 181. Calamodyta phoem- 
curoides. 
BEADYPETES Hodgson teste Gray. — Bradyhates Hodgs. 
BEADYPTERUS (Ptilomelinae.) — Swainson, Classific. Birds 1837. II. 241. = 
Calamodyta Meyer. 
Svnon.'. Bradyptetus Swains, err. typogr. , , ^r. , . 
General size and habit of Curuca. The bill distmctly notched. Wmgs short; 
the three first quills equally graduated. Tail rounded; the feathers remarkably 
broad and soft. Feet large strong and robust; the lateral toes equal. Claws 
slender, slightly curved. , - ■ 
affinis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 43. = Calamodyta af finis ItRAY. 
africanus Cabanis, Mus. Heine I. 43. = Calamodyta brachyptera. 
brachvpterus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 43. = Calamodyta brachyptera 
brevirostris Sundevall, Oefvers. vet. Akad. Forhdl. 1850. 103. = Calamodyta 
brevirostris. 
Cettü Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 1. 43. = Calamodyta Cettii Gray. 
cinnamomens Gray, Handlist Birds I. 209. = Calamodyta cinnamomea Gray. 
coryphaeus Layard, Birds S. Africa 100. = Calamodyta coryphaea. 
Lavardi Layard, Birds S. Africa 100. = Calamodyta Layardi. 
phoenicuroides Hodgson, Gray's Zool. Miscell. 1844. 83. = Calamodyta 
phoenicuroides. 
platvurus Swainson, Classific. Birds H. 241. = Calamodyta brachyptera. 
sylvaticus Grh.l, Svenska vet. Akad. Händig. 1858. II. 30. = Calamodyta 
VictorinfGRiLL, Svenska vet. Akad. Händig. 1848. IL 29. = Calamodyta 
Victorini. 
