244 * ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
rigid and semi-setaceous. Wings very short and 
rounded; the two first quills equally graduated; 
the five next of equal length, and longest. Tail 
moderate, graduated ; the feathers broad, the tips 
oval. Legs very large and strong. Tarsus and 
middle toe equal; hinder toe and claw rather 
shorter; lateral toes equal. Claws slender, and but 
slightly curved ; hinder claw large, and as long as 
its toe. Austraha. 
P. anthoides. Part. 3. No. 185. 
SuBFAM. PARIANA;. Titmice. 
Bill either entire, or very slightly notched, more or 
less conic. Tarsus never shorter than the hind toe, 
which is large and strong. Lateral toes unequal. 
Setophaga, Sw. Bill depressed, resembling that of 
a Muscicapa. Rictus bristled. Wings moderate, 
somewhat pointed; the first quill slightly shorter 
than the second, the third quiU longest. Tail 
somewhat lengthened, rounded; the feathers ter- 
minating in soft points. Tarsus slender, lengthened. 
{fig. 213. a,h) 
S. ruticilla. Wil. pi. 6. f. 6. ininiata. Part 5. No. 40. 
canadensis. Ib. pi. 26. 2. auricapilla. Ib. No. 41. 
cucullata. Ib. pi. 26. f.S. rufifrons. Ib. No. 42. 
rubra. Part 5. No. 39. 
Sylvicola, Sw. Fly-catching Warblers. Bill slender, 
notched a little way from the tip. The rictus weakly 
bristled. Wings long ; the first quill nearly, or 
fully, as long as the others. Feet slender. 
Dumecola, Sw. (c, d) Bill small, widened at the base ; 
the sides compressed. The first quill, and sometimes 
the second, slightly shorter than the following. Tail 
even, or slightly rounded ; the tips mucronate. 
Tarsus longer than the hind toe. Inner toe shortest. 
D. ruficauda. N. Z. 489. canicep.s. Braz. B. pi. 49 . 
Sylvicola, Sw. Bill very slender, acutely conic; the 
tip of tlie upper mandible with an obsolete notch ; 
