. A dictionary of birds . CiNCLORHAMPHUS. (After Swainson.) BABILLARD—BALDPA TE. Museum^ are devoted to this mixed multitude, which is thereinmade to include, beside the groups usually assigned to theFamily, others more or less Avell defined, such as Bower-birds,Mocking-birds, and Wrens, with certain Bulbuls, Shrikes,Thrushes, and Warblers. Some of these, such as the first three,to say nothing of Water-Ousels, Hedge-Sparrows, and someAmerican forms, aie obviously not allied to the rest; but, aftertheir withdrawal, there is still a fine field left for a systematicornithologist who w^ould take i
. A dictionary of birds . CiNCLORHAMPHUS. (After Swainson.) BABILLARD—BALDPA TE. Museum^ are devoted to this mixed multitude, which is thereinmade to include, beside the groups usually assigned to theFamily, others more or less Avell defined, such as Bower-birds,Mocking-birds, and Wrens, with certain Bulbuls, Shrikes,Thrushes, and Warblers. Some of these, such as the first three,to say nothing of Water-Ousels, Hedge-Sparrows, and someAmerican forms, aie obviously not allied to the rest; but, aftertheir withdrawal, there is still a fine field left for a systematicornithologist who w^ould take in hand what remains of this hetero-a;eneous assemblage, and initroduce even the semblance of order where all is at pre-sent confusion. Thebirds more particu-larly called Babblers,often with a prefixTJP^-/ ^Viokx as Bush-Bab- , ,, „ . , bier, Shrike-Babbler, CRiNiGER. (After Swamsoii.) m- t-> l 1 l 1 iit-BabbJer, and soforth, belong chiefly to the Ethiopian and Indian Regions, and manyof the last are well treated, under the name of Crateropodidai, byMr. W. E. Oates (Faun.
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