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ERYTHACINjE. 
entlre scale. Toes long and slender, the lateral ones unequal, the inner the shortest ; the hind toe long 
a,| d strong ; the claws long, curved, compressed, and acute. 
It is in the central and northern parts of Nepal that these birds are found. They are solitary, and are either seen 
° n ^°' v brushwood or on the ground, in which places they seek for small pulpy berries and minute insects. The nest is 
-° ni posed of moss, and is usually placed under the cover of some projecting rock or stone. 
b N. rufilatus Hodgs. Proc. Z. S. 1 845. p. — Nemura cyanura I 2. N. chryscea (Hodgs.) Proc. Z. S. 1845. p. — Type of Tarsiger 
N- Aavolivacea Hodgs. Hodgs. (1845). 
Bradybates Hodgs.* 
moderate and slender, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is 
o’htly emarginated ; the gape broad, and furnished with short bristles ; the lateral margins nearly 
j ifaht and indexed ; the nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a membranous groove, with the opening 
j Ul ate ancl partly exposed. Wings short and rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills equal and 
b e st. Tail long, broad, and rounded. Tarsi rather longer than the middle toe, and slender, and 
VeiG d in front with an entire scale. Toes rather long and slender, with the outer toe rather longer 
ai1 li 10 inner ; the hind toe long, and furnished with a long, much curved, and acute claw. 
b B. 
Phcenicuro'ides Hodgs. MSS. 
2. B. pectoralis (Gould), leones Avium, pi. 
Erythacus Guv . f 
moderate, strong, broad at the base, with the culmen slightly sloping to near the tip, which is 
and slightly emarginated ; the sides compressed ; the lateral margins nearly straight and indexed, 
ap([ xi 
^ ie gonys long and advancing upwards ; the nostrils basal and lateral, and placed in a membranous 
° Ve > with the opening exposed and longitudinal. Wings reaching to the end of the tail coverts, and 
j, !l ^ 0< ^ with the fourth and fifth quills equal and longest. Tail moderate, broad, and emarginated. 
Sl slender, longer than the middle toe, and covered in front with an entire scale. Toes moderate and 
s Kder 
file 
With the outer toe longer than the inner, and united at the base ; the hind toe long and slender ; 
c Iaws moderate, curved, and acute. 
Th 
Vf Sln ^ e s pecies of this genus is found in Europe, where during the summer months it resides in the thickest woods, 
8 °htav a I’P roac h °f winter leaves its solitary abode, and is generally observed near the habitations of man. It is 
("'hiclf - U ncver congregating in flocks, even when performing its partial migrations. It subsists on worms 
othe r ^ ^ Ca ^ 3 f° death and cleanses before eating), insects, and their larv;e. It possesses great boldness in attacking 
ViJ-'l birds, if approaching the vicinity of its nest, or the place that it. has selected for its own peculiar province 
g tlle winter. The nest is composed of moss, stalks of plants, and dead leaves, lined internally with hair, and is 
Usec h >s chan V1S1 °" WaS P ro P ose(1 b y Mr. Hodgson in 1844 (List of Nepal Birds), under the name of Bradypterus ; but which, having been 
^ t0 dw above - 
,s ted by Cuvier between 1799 and 1800. It is equal with Dandalus (1826) of M. Boie, Rubecula (1828) of M. Brebm. 
