Order II. PASSERES. 
Tribe III. Dentirostbes, 
Family II. Turdidte. 
The third Subfamily, 
TIMALINiE, or Babblers, 
have the Bill moderate, with the culmen much curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is 
generally entire, or only slightly emarginated ; the gonys long and ascending ; the nostrils basal, and 
more or less exposed ; the Wings short and much rounded ; the Tail of various lengths, and graduated ; 
the Tarsi lengthened, robust, and covered usually with an entire scale ; the Toes long, strong, and 
strongly scutellated above ; the claws more or less long, compressed, and acute. 
Donacobius Swains .* 
Rill long, and rather slender, with the culmen gradually curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, 
'"liich is hooked and emarginated ; the lateral margins slightly curved, and the gonys long and rather 
lending ; the nostrils basal, sunk in a broad groove, with the opening large and exposed. Wings very 
s hort and rounded ; with the fourth, fifth, and sixth quills equal and longest. Tail rather long, and 
much rounded. Tarsi rather longer than the middle toe, robust, and covered with a slightly divided 
scale. Toes rather long and strong, with the lateral toes equal, and the outer united at its base ; the 
hind toe very long and strong : the claws moderate, curved, and very acute. 
It is in the warmer parts of South America that the species of this division are found, where they live, says Mr. 
Wai nson, in pairs in the swamps that are overgrown with reeds, on the branches of which they cling, moving their 
0 y from one side to the other, at the same time expanding their tail, swelling out their throat, and incessantly 
mteiing a series of discordant notes. Their flight is very slow and feeble. They form a pensile nest among the 
r eeds. 
atricapillus (Linn.) Wagl. Pall. Spic. vi. t. 2. f. 2., PI. 
• 392 — - Gracula longirostris Pall. ; Turdus brasiliensis et Oriolus 
J^pacani Gmel. ; Mimus brasiliensis Pr. Neuw. ; T. pvatensis 
Azara, No. 219. ; D. voeiferans Swains. Zool. 111. n. s. pi. 
2. D. albolineatus D’Orb. et Lafr. Voy. dans Amer. Mer. Ois. 
t. 12. f. 1. 
a( j Q division was originally established by Wagler in 1827, under the name of Cichla, which having been previously used, I have 
P e d that proposed by Mr. Swainson in 1831, as given above. 
