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related to tlie Jaloteur of Southern Africa, but it 
differs sufficiently in the structure of its feet to 
make us believe it is rather a scansorial than a 
terrestrial bird. In the long bristles of the gape 
we have one of the characters of the Trichophori, 
or bristle-necked thrushes, and of Dasycephalus ; 
while the a ffini ty of this most interesting species to 
the latter is shown by the frontal feathers being 
directed forwards, as if to protect the base of the 
bill. 'Without this union of the characters belonging 
both to Dasycephalus and P/iyllastrephus, the two 
genera would be dislocated ; with it, their union, in 
our opinion, may he pronounced perfect. To the 
scientific ornithologist, in short, this is the most in- 
teresting bird contained in our volume. 
The chief peculiarity is in the feet; as the bill, 
wings, and tail are completely those of the Jaboteur. 
The tarsus, although it exceeds the hind toe, is 
comparatively rather shorter than in P. terrestris , 
but more robust ; the middle toe is also shorter, 
so that it becomes of the same length as the hind 
toe, a conformation which at once proclaims its 
scansorial use. This is further confirmed by the 
superior strength, curvature, a"nd breadth of all the 
claws, so that at first sight the bird might be taken 
for an American Anabales. The rictal bristles are 
more than half the length of the bill, but the nostrils 
are nearly naked. The frontal feathers, as before 
observed, are short, compact, rigid, directed for- 
wards, and repose upon the base of the bill ; the 
lateral scales are entire, the anterior nearly so, since,- 
