THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
thin and longest, the inner and outer subequal, with claw only equal to the 
middle toe alone ; the hind-toe stouter but short, equal to the inner, all claws 
sharp, well curved and short, the hind-claw not much longer than the others 
but stouter. 
Jackson concluded from field observations hereafter given that the 
birds were “ Cat-Birds,” and from structural features they are undoubtedly 
more closely aUied to the “ Cat-Birds ” than to any other forms in this 
pecuhar association of playground-frequenting bhds. 
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