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ON THE CLASSIFICATION OP BIRDS. 
Timalia, Horsfield. Plumage lax. BiE straightj rather 
short, considerably compressed : the culmen high, 
and graduaUy arched ; the tip ohsoletely notched, or 
entire. Commissure curved. Wings short, rounded, 
r ail more or less lengthened, graduated. Feet 
strong. Lateral toes nearly equal. India, Australia, 
and Africa. 
thoracica. pi. col. 75. Sphienura Africana. O. d’Af. 
pileata. Hors. Java. id. pi. no. f. 2 . 
Aberrant? * Dasyornis Australis. L. T. xv. 
Phospliodcs crepitans. Lin. 2 a I. 
Tr. XV. 329. 
Pteroptociius, Kittlitz.f Feet of extraordinary size 
and thickness. All the anterior toes of nearly equal 
length. The claws long, slender, and but slightly 
curved. Tail rounded, of fourteen feathers, carried 
erect. Wings very short. Representing Menura and 
Orthonyx. Western Tropical America only. 
P. mcgapodius. Z. I. ii. pi. 1 1 7 . rubeeula. Kittl. pi. 2. 
Kittl. pi. 4. albicollis. Ib. pi. . 3 . 
Suhfam. ORIOLINiE. Orioles. 
Bill thrush-like, as long as the head, broad at the 
base, compressed beyond : the base and tbe gape devoid 
of bristles. Nostrils naked ; the aperture large. Wings 
lengtliened. Hump feathers thick. Lateral toes unequal. 
Donacobius, Sw. Habit and general structure of 
, Cratcropus. BiU lengthened, slender; the culmen 
arched from the base ; the tip hooked and notched. 
Nostrils large, naked, membranaceous ; the aperture 
large, oval, terminal. Wings remarkably short, and 
rounded. Tail moderate, broad, cuneated. Feet very 
large and strong. Lateral toes equal. Claws slender, 
acute, slightly curved. America only. 
D. vociferans. Zool. 111. ii. pi. 72. 
A ^“bgcnera, there is but a single example of each ; 
-of f?-it'oo requires a proper analysis, I have thought 
It be^t ni^tn notice them, for the present, in a more prominent manner. 
