TJMALINiE. 
Pellorneum Swains* 
Bill moderate and straight, with the culmen gradually curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which 
is emarginated ; the lateral margins nearly straight, and the gonys moderate and ascending ; the nostrils 
hasal, with the opening lunate, exposed, and partly closed by a membranous scale. Wings short and 
rounded, with the fifth and sixth quills the longest. Tail moderate, and much rounded. Tarsi longer 
than the middle toe, and the front with an almost entire scale. Toes moderate, with the outer rather 
longer than the inner, and united at its base ; the hind toe long and strong : the claws small and 
slightly curved. 
The species of this genus are found in the elevated parts of India. Mr. Jerdon remarks on one of the species, that 
J t associates in small flocks among the low shrubs and thickets in lofty jungles, descending to the ground, where it hops 
about in search of various insects, and from thence running up and climbing the small branches, keeping a continual 
chattering, and every now and then one of them, perched on a low bough, elevating his head and neck, and giving 
utterance to a sort of a crowing laugh. On being disturbed, they retreat through the trees and underwood, at no great 
height from the ground. 
t. P. ruficeps Swains. Faun. Bor. Amer. App. p. 487. — Cincli- | 2. P. olivaceum Jerd. Madr. Journ. Lit. and Sci. 1839. p. 255. 
dia punctata Gould. 
Turn agra Less 
Bill short, broad and elevated at the base, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the 
tr P, which is emarginated ; the lateral margins much curved, and the gonys long and ascending ; the 
nostrils basal, with the opening anterior, rather rounded, and slightly covered with a few bristles and 
plumes. Wings moderate and rounded, with the fifth and sixth quills equal and longest. Tail long, 
^ r °ad, and rounded. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, strong, and covered in front with broad scales. 
'Toes long and strong, with the outer toe longer than the inner, and united at its base ; the hind toe long, 
strong, and armed with a strong curved claw. 
hne of the species is found in New Zealand, and the other is from the mountainous portions of India. The former 
a RQts low bushes, or is seen on the ground searching for seeds, which constitute its chief food. Its flight is only 
ex tended for a short distance at a time. 
t. T . crassirostris (Lath.) — Loxia turdus Forst. Descr. Anim. 
Icon. ined. 145. ; Tanagra capensis Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 
f ’ T. maeularia Quo;/ 4' Gairn. Voy. de l’Astrol. Ois. t. 7. 
2. T. ? striata (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1830. p. 7; Gould, Cent, of 
b. pi. 37.; 
Mr. Swainson established this genus in 1831 ( Faun . Bor. Amer. p. 487.). Cinclidia of Mr. Gould (1837) is synonymous, 
t Established by M. Lesson in 1837 ( Compl . de Buffon, viii. p. 216.). Keropia, which I proposed in 1840, is coequal. 
