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ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
divaricated. Feet rather strong. Inner toe shortest. — 
Obs. The large species resemble thrushes ; the smaller, 
warblers. The tenuirostral type. 
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ViREo, Vieil. 217 . o) Greenlets. Sect. 1. Statute 
small, sylviform. Bill strong, resembling a Myothera; 
but the base broad. Wings long. Claws large, much 
curved. Plumage, above, green. V. oUmceus. 
Sect. 2. Wings shorter ; the first quill nearly spurious. 
Tail rounded, (ft) 
V. olivaceus Wils. pi. 12. f. 3. (o) 
Pachtcephala, Sw. Thickhead. BUI 
either like Vireo, or short, thick, and somewhat 
conic. Rictus strongly bristled. Under mandible 
strong. AVings moderate : the three first quills 
graduated. Tail broad, even, mucronate. Feet 
strong. The outer toe connected as far as the first 
joint ; inner toe short. Anterior scales divided ; 
lateral entire. Australia only. 
P. fusca. Lin. Tr. xv. 240. (c) 
Eopsaltria, Sw. (^g. 218.) Bill 
as in Pachycepiuila, but more 
lengthened, straight ; the tip 
abruptly hooked. Gonys 
straight. The rictus slightly 
bristled. Wings rather lengthened. Legs slender. 
Toes long. Tail divaricated. Australia 1. 
E. flavieollis. Lewin, pi. 23. 
Ptilochlohis, Sw. Lunet. BiU as in Vireo (Sect. 1 .). 
The Iront, nostrils, and rictus strongly bristled. Wings 
long ; the third quiU longest. Tail rather short, 
slightly rounded ; the feathers mucronate : tarsi 
moderate, longer than the hind toe. Toes subsyn- 
