Order II. PASSERES. 
Family II. Turdioje. 
Pile second Subfamily, 
T URDUS 7 PE, or Thrushes, 
We the Bill as long as, or longer than, the head, and strong, with the culmen curved, and the sides 
compressed to the tip, which is generally emarginated; the Nostrils lateral, and placed in a small groove, 
Wlt 'h W opening exposed : the Wings moderate ; with the first quill very short ; the third and fourth, 
mid sometimes the fifth, the longest : the Tail long, broad, even, or graduated : the Tarsi long ; and 
covered with an entire scale, or several broad scales, in front: the Toes long; the outer toe longer than 
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e lnncr > mid united at the base ; the hind toe long and strong : the Claws moderate, curved, and 
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C 1 he to ps Swains .* 
tiill moderate, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is emarginated ; 
tlle gonys long and ascending ; the nostrils basal and lateral, with the opening placed in a large mem- 
ran °us groove, linear and exposed. Wings very short and rounded, with the third to the sixth quills 
C T U| 1 mid longest. Tail moderate, broad, and rounded. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, strong, and 
r °adly scutellated in front. Toes moderate; the outer toe longer than the inner, and united at its 
Ja se ; the hind toe long and strong ; the claws small, curved, and acute. 
The typical species of this genus is an inhabitant of South Africa. 
C . frenatus (Temm.) PI. col. 385. — Chaetops Burchellii Swains. 
Zoothera Vigors, f 
. e Ungated, curved, and strong, with the culmen curved, and the sides much compressed to the 
^ P> 'which is hooked and slightly emarginated; the gape furnished with weak bristles; the nostrils 
cial and placed in a small groove, with the opening oval and exposed. Wings rather short, and 
glided ; with the first quill very short ; the second much shorter than the third, which is rather 
01 ter than the fourth and fifth; these are equal and longest. Tail rather short, and even. Tarsi 
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Established by Mr. Swainson in 1831 {Faun. Bor. Amer.). Argya of M. Lesson (1831) is synonymous. 
le late Mr. Vigors established this genus in 1831 ( Proc . Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 172.). Myiophaga of M. Lesson (1831) is coequal. 
