CLIMBING LEAFLOVE. 
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under parts of the tail-feather ; the inner wing- 
covers are like the flanks ; the bill and claws are 
very light, the culmen only being brown ; the feet 
in thedried specimens are discoloured, but they are 
probably light brown. 
Total length, 9J ; bill, 1 ; wings, 4 ^ ; tail, from 
the base, 4 ^ ; tarsus, A ; hind toe and claw, f ; 
middle ditto, j 9 s . 
BROAD-TAILED BABBLER. 
Crateropusplatycircus, Stvains. 
Brown ; body beneath paler ; head, neck and throat blackish- 
brown, each feather having a light edge ; tail fan-shaped; 
broad, and brownish-black. 
Ixos. plebi'jus ? RuppeU, Alias, pL 23. 
The Great-footed Thrushes, or Babblers, form one of 
the chief divisions of the Merulidcn or Thrush 
family ; equivalent to that of the short-footed race 
which we have just left. They are at once known 
by their very large and robust feet, the equality of 
the two lateral toes, and the slight curvature of the 
claws. Their haunts and manners are likewise 
very different ; instead of living entirely among the 
thick foliage of trees, these birds frequent the 
ground, chiefly in marshy situations, and seldom 
perch but among reeds and aquatic shrubs. All the 
species and subordinate types that have yet been 
