Order II. PASSERES. 
Tribe III. Dentibostres. 
Family I. Luscinidje. 
ihe third Subfamily, 
ERYTHACINiE, or Robins, 
^ ave ^ le Bill moderate, more or less slender, and rather depressed at the base, with the culmen slightly 
curved, and the sides gradually compressed to the tip, which is entire ; the lateral margins straight, and 
S0l uetimes indexed, the gape more or less furnished with bristles ; the Wings generally short and 
° u tided, though sometimes long and pointed ; the Tail usually short and broad, sometimes even or 
°unded at the end : the Tarsi lengthened, slender, and covered with an entire scale : the Toes moderate, 
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uteral ones unequal, and the claws moderate, curved, and acute. 
Copsychus Wagl .* 
Moderate, much compressed on the sides, with the culmen curved to the tip, which is 
cruargi na t e d, the lateral margins nearly straight and indexed ; the gape broad, and furnished with short 
ri stles ; the gonys moderate, and slightly advancing upwards ; the nostrils basal, lateral, sunk in a 
s %ht groove, with a longitudinal or rounded opening. Wings moderate, with the drst four quills 
^tluated, and the dfth the longest. Tail more or less lengthened and graduated, or slightly rounded. 
QlSl longer than the middle toe, and covered in front with a lengthened scale. Toes long, slender, the 
tral - °nes nearly equal, and the hind toe long and rather strong ; the claws long, compressed, curved, 
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acute. 
f r 6ac birds are found in India and Africa. They are generally seen solitary, in jungles, gardens, and avenues, 
des " the thickest • trees and bushes, on which they perch until attracted to the ground by an insect, when they 
or | ' to Bie ground, and hop a few steps, jerking their tails, especially when they succeed in securing a grasshopper 
tjj IGl s °h insect. Then they fly again to the same perch, elevating and depressing their tails on reseating 
^.ves, and uttering a series of pleasing notes, more especially towards evening. Some species are held in great 
atlon f°r the beauty of their song. If alarmed, they fly before the intruder from tree to tree, at a low elevation. 
1. Q 
^i^dan * Q ^ ar * s (Linn.) Edwards’s Birds, pi. 181. — Ti 
rr ' m ^ta£ me r P !- en1 ; 627 ’ f. 1. ;• T. oemanus Horsf. ; L 
ter nie(lia ^ ^balaris Vieill. ; Gryllivora magnirostra, C 
g. q ’ et * J . brevirostris Swains. 
$ ^ laCr0urus (Gmel.) Wagl. Lath. Syn. iii. pi. 39 ., Le ’ 
eili'. q Khth Kupf. Viig. t. 11. f. 1. — Turdus tri 
Jr y livora longicauda Swains. ; Type of Kittacincla < 
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3. C. suratensis (GmeL). 
4 . C. ? atricollis (Vieill.) Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 113. 
5. C. ? melanicterus (Vieill.) Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 117- — 
Turdus Australasia; Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 1013. 
6 . C. roseus (Swains.) Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 342. 
7 . C. melanoleucus (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 354. 
8 . C. luteolus (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 226. 
9 . C. luzoniensis Kittl. Kupf. Vog. t. J 1. f. 2. 
by Wagler in 1827 (Syst. Avium). It is coequal with Gryllivora (1831) of Mr. Swainson, Cercotrichas (1831) of 
Sed’b,-^ (1836) of Chev. Sundevall, Kittacincla (1836) of Mr. Gould, and Dahila (1836) of Mr. Hodgson ; this latter name was 
y Os author to Polypeira in 1841. 
