. A dictionary of birds . as the Ideridm do to the Sturnidm (Starling), and theMniotUtidx to the Sijlviidx CWarbler) or Turdidx, (Thrush), ineach case the purely New-World Family Ijeing the feebler type. TAPACULO, the name^ given in Chili to a bird of singular. appearance,—the Pteroptoclms cdhicoUis of ornithology,—and in thisAvork (p. 324 and Introduction) applied in an extended sense to 1 Of Spanish origin, it is intended as a reproof to the bird for the shamelessway in wliich, by erecting its tail, it exposes its hinder parts. It has been some-times misspelt Tapacolu, as by Mr. Darwin, who
. A dictionary of birds . as the Ideridm do to the Sturnidm (Starling), and theMniotUtidx to the Sijlviidx CWarbler) or Turdidx, (Thrush), ineach case the purely New-World Family Ijeing the feebler type. TAPACULO, the name^ given in Chili to a bird of singular. appearance,—the Pteroptoclms cdhicoUis of ornithology,—and in thisAvork (p. 324 and Introduction) applied in an extended sense to 1 Of Spanish origin, it is intended as a reproof to the bird for the shamelessway in wliich, by erecting its tail, it exposes its hinder parts. It has been some-times misspelt Tapacolu, as by Mr. Darwin, who gave [Jown. Ecs. chap. xii.)a short but entertaining account of the habits of this bird and its relativeIlyladcs vicgapodius, called by the Chilcnos El Turco, while Mr. Hudson{Argent. Orn. i. p. 206) has briefly described those of the Patagonian CkiUito(Little Cock), Rhinocrypta lanceolata. TAPACULO 947 its allied forms, which are now found to constitute a small Family,Pteroptochidx, belonging to the Tracheophonous division of Passeres,and therefore peculiar to South America. About 20 species, dis-posed by Mr. Sclater {Cat. B. Br. Mus. xv. pp. 337-352) in 8 genera,are believed to belong to this group. The species of the Family first made known is Sc
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