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ON THE CLASSIFICATION OP BIROS. 
Myothera. Inner toe longer than the outer, and cleft 
to its base ; outer toe with its first joint united to 
that of the middle toe. The tarsus with the anterior 
scales divided. 
Drymophila, Sw. Inner toe shorter than the outer 
toe, which is only slightly connected to the middle. 
Tarsus (typically) very smooth: all the scales entire. 
D. longipes. Z. III. ii. 23. leucopus. Zool. J. ii. 150. 
fasciata. Ib. ii. 27. 
Brachypteryx, Horsfield. Legs very long. Tarsi slender, 
smooth: all the scales entire. Lateral toes equal. 
Rump feathers considerably elongated. Tropical 
India only. 
B. montana. Horsf. Java, ptilosus. 111. O. iii. pi. 150. 
Myocincla, Sw. Legs strong. Inner toe longer than 
the outer. All the tarsal scales divided. Anterior 
claws small ; hinder claw nearly straight, and as long 
as the toe. 
M. colma. PI. Enl. 821. 
Pithys, Vieillot. Feet syndactyle. The inner lateral 
toe shortest ; the outer united by its first and second 
joint to the middle toe. All the tarsal scales entire. 
P. albifrons. Vieil. Gal. pi. 129. 
Pitta, Temminck. Bill strong, thrush-like : the cul- 
men gradually curved. Nostrils nearly naked. Wings 
moderate; the first and second quills hut slightly 
graduated. Tail remarkably short, almost hid by its 
covers. Feet very long, pale, the scales nearly entire. 
Inner toe slightly shorter than the outer. India and 
Australia. 
P. gigas. PI. Col. 217. cyanoplera. PI. Col. 218. 
strepitans. Ib. 333. versicolor. Z. Jour. i. 468. 
cyaniira. PI. Enl. 355. erythrogaster. PI. Col. 212. 
brachyura. Edwards, 324. granatliia. lb. 506. 
atricapilla. PI. Enl. 89. 
Chlorisoma, Sw. Bill as in Pitta, but somewhat thicker. 
1 think It better to refer to that group ; but as it has not been analysed, I 
do not, in this work, incorporate these two subgenera, although proposed 
by inysetf some years ago. 
