226’ 
ON THE CLASSIFICATION OP BIRDS. 
T. autJax. Sw. Monog. No. 3. crinita. Wils. pi. IS. t'. 3. 
borealis. N. Z. ii. pi. 35. sibilans, &c. 
Family MERULID.3J. Thrushes. 
.SuBFAM. BR.\CHYPODINjE. Short-footed Thrushes. 
Feet very short. The hind toe almost as long as the 
tarsus. Claws short, broad, and much curved. Bill dis- 
tinctly notched. Wings short, rounded. Feathers on 
the rump very long and thick set. (fff. 205.) 
Micropus, Sw. (fig. 9.05. c, d) Bill as long as the 
head, straight, somewhat conic, but the culmen 
gradually arched. Tarsus remarkably short, feathered 
beyond the knees, (fig. 206. c) Lateral toes unequal ; 
hinder as long as the tarsus. Wings moderate ; the 
first quill almost spurious. Tail even. 
M. calcocephalus. FI. Col. 433. — melanoleucus.* 
Hypsepetes. Vigors. Tail forked. 
P. psaroides. Gould's Cent. 
Bbachypus, Sw. Bill shorter than the head ; the base 
broad ; the sides compressed ; culmen elevated, and 
curved from the base. Rictus generally furnished 
in species, have not yet been sufficiently analyse^i- 
'Ilierc are many remarkable modifications of structure : but ^1, as I believe 
of a subordinate nature. 
• Turdus melanoleuciu Gray. 
