LUSCINIM. 
6 ra >ther shorter than the fourth and fifth, which are equal and longest. Tail moderate, and 
* emarginated in the middle. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, slender, and covered in front by 
entire scale. Toes moderate, the outer toe longer than the inner, and united at its base ; the claAvs 
a ther long, slender, and curved. 
The 
on ti S t )Ccies this genus are found in Europe, Asia, and America. They are migratory, and are usually observed 
that f * es P eci ally the fir, and bushes, actively examining the branches and foliage for the minute insects and the larva; 
fo r ^ , f * Uen * : them. It is not unusual to observe these birds hanging from the extremity of a branch, while searching 
S W(| H il ^ avour 't c food. They possess in some seasons a loud song. The nest is suspended between two or three 
Gr h°ughs, and it is composed of moss lined Avith feathers. The eggs are five to ten in number. 
1 . j. 
Ca pil!u s ° >Utatus Bay. — Motacilla regulus Linn.; Regulus auri- 
f. ft. Skel,J !l; R. flavicapillus Naum. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 148. 
g ’ 5 v filgaris Steph. 
pli a ] us ’’WicapWus Brehm, PI. enl. 651. f .3. — Regulus pyroce- 
f. g re hni; R. mystaceus Vieill. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 148. 
3. ^ 
T 11 orc -9 u ^ us (Pall.) Zoogr. i. p. 499. — Regulus modestus 
Ely!] ’ ' of E ur. pi. 149., Blyth, Journ. A. S. B. 1843. p. 963.; 
( 1 R47) neUste regulo'ides Hodgs. ; Type of Reguloi'des Blyth 
4. ft . . 
^euste' lrulanus (Bl.) Journ. A. S. B. 1843 
5_ 1U ^ a Bf . ; Abrornis tenuiceps Hodgs. ? 
■Lrri a T mis (Tick.) Journ. A. S. B. ii. p. 
6. ft , 
7. ft’ 9ubris (BI.) Journ. A. S. B. 1843. p. 968. 
S;v a i n:s nit ^ us (Bl.) Journ. A. S. B. 1843. p. 965. — I-Iippolais 
8 . ft"* Hoi ^ 
hochii,, trix/ls (Bl.) Ann. Nat. Hist. 1843. p. 178- — Sylvia 
g J erd. 
A. g kudos (Sundev.) — Phyllopneuste reguloi'des Bl. Journ. 
p. 96 7- — Phyllo- 
Sylvia indica 
I842. 
P- 191- 
10. R. fimeolus (Bl.) Abrornis xanthogaster Hodgs. 
11. R. erochroa (Hodgs.) Cat. of Specim. &c. Mam. and Birds 
Brit. Mus. App. p. 152. — Abrornis pulchra Hodgs. 
12. R. castaneoceps (Hodgs.) Cat. Specim. &c. Mam. and Birds, 
Brit. Mus. App. p. 152. 
13. R. chloronotus (Hodgs.) Cat. Specim. &c. Mam. and Birds, 
Brit. Mus. App. p. 152. 
14. R. schisticeps (Bl.) Journ. A. S. B. xiv. p. 592. — Abrornis 
xanthoschistos Hodgs. 
15. R . flaviventris (Hodgs.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. p. 31. — 
Type of Horornis Hodgs. (1845). 
16. R . fuliginoventris (Hodgs.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. p. 31. 
17. R. fulviventris (Hodgs.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. p. 31. 
18. R . fortipes (Hodgs.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. p. 31. 
19- R- satrapa Licht. — Sylvia regulus Wits. Amer. Orn. pi. 8. 
f. 2., Pr. Bonap. Amer. Orn. pi. 2. f. 4. ?, Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 
183.; Regulus rubineus Vieill. Ois. d’Amer. Sept. t. 104, 105.; 
R. tricolor Nutt. 
20. R. Cuvieri Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 55. 
21. R. calendula (Linn.) Edw. Birds, pi. 254. f. 2., AVils. 
Amer. Orn. pi. 5. f. 3., Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 195. 
Cyanotis Swains .* 
t]j . ra ^ Jer hing and straight, with the culmen straight, but curved at the tip, which is emarginated ; 
■ty ea j ^ J compressed ; the gonys long and slightly ascending ; the gape furnished with a few short 
UStles; ^ ie n °strils basal, pierced in a membranous groove, with the opening longitudinal and 
| m y S Tn0( ^ cra ^ e ! with the third quill the longest, and the first two thirds the length of the 
Coy, 
ei> ed ; 
Tail moderate, and rounded on the sides. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, slender, and 
l bii er 111 ^ roixt with an entire scale. Toes lengthened and slender ; the outer toe longer than the 
’ an d united at its base ; the hind toe very long, and armed with a long curved claw. 
Va 
typical species of this division is found in the warmer parts of South America. It frequents the reeds on the 
er8of the lakes. 
(Licht.) 
Sylvia omnicolor Vieill . ; Regulus Byronensis Gray, Griff. An. Kingd. ii. pi. p. 42. ; S. rubrigastra Vieill. Azam, 
Established by Mr. Swainson in 1837- Tachuris of M. D’Orbigny and Baron Lafresnaye (1837) is coequal. 
