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ON THE CLASSIFICATION OP BIIIDS. 
third, fourth, and fifth, longest ; the secondaries with 
the tips notched ; the tertials lengthened. Tail mo- 
derate, slightly forked. Feet as in Oriolus. Claws 
strong, broad, much curved. S. America.* 
D. palmarum. PI. Enl. 1.56. f. 2. nuchalis. Part 5. No. 192. 
Sphecothehes, Vieill. Bill rather short, strong, par 
taking of the structure both of Dulus and Oriolus ; 
the base broad, and the commissure straight ; gape 
very wide, reaching to beyond the eye. Nostrils naked; 
the aperture large, oval. Rictus smooth. Wings, tail, 
and feet, as in Dulus. Tarsus hardly longer than the 
hind toe and claw. Australia only. 
S. viridis. Vieil. Gal. pi. 147. canicollis. Part S. No. 117. 
Family SYLVIADjE. Warblers. 
Size universally small. Bill very slender, distinctly 
notched. F eet formed for walking, perching, or climbing. 
Tarsus slender, lengthened. 
SuBFAM. SAXICOLINAl. Sionechats . 
Bill depressed at the base : gape with divei^ing bristles. 
Feet lengthened. Tail rather short. Head large. 
Grillivora, Sw. Bill strong, lengthened, straight; 
the base rather widened ; the sides compressed ; the 
culmen slightly curved from the base ; the tip of the 
upper mandible considerably bent over the lower, 
and deeply notched: gonys rather ascending. Nostrils 
large, naked, sulcated. Wings moderate, rounded ; 
the three first quills graduated. Tail more or less 
lengthened and rounded ; the feathers broad and ob- 
tuse at their tips. Feet strong. Middle toe as long 
as the tarsus ; lateral toes very unequal, the innert 
shortest; hinder toe shorter than the middle. India, 
Africa. 
G.intermedia. Zool.Ill.ii.61. longicauda. O.d’Af.pl. 1 14. 
brevirostra. Part,7.No.S.5. ? Capensis. Ib. pi. 184. 
magiiirostra. lb. No. 3.8. rosea. Parts. No. 182. 
* The first appearance of this excessively rare type strongly reminds us 
of the genus Indicator, in the shortness of the bill, which is, however, more 
coropressetl ; and ilie feet, of course, are quite different. 
