. On the natural history and classification of birds . 1. erythrotis. Dixons PI. Enl. 508. Tricophorijs, Temminck. Bristle-neck, (fig. 207.)Culmen gradually and base of thebill surrounded with length-ened slender hairs. Gapevery strongly bristled. Mar-gins of the mandibles of the crown andchin elongated. Nape of theneck furnished with seve-ral conspicuous lengthenedbristles, very considerablyexceeding the surroundingfeathers. Feet short. Tar-sus longer than the hind toe,and feathered beyond the knees. Inner toe and ta
. On the natural history and classification of birds . 1. erythrotis. Dixons PI. Enl. 508. Tricophorijs, Temminck. Bristle-neck, (fig. 207.)Culmen gradually and base of thebill surrounded with length-ened slender hairs. Gapevery strongly bristled. Mar-gins of the mandibles of the crown andchin elongated. Nape of theneck furnished with seve-ral conspicuous lengthenedbristles, very considerablyexceeding the surroundingfeathers. Feet short. Tar-sus longer than the hind toe,and feathered beyond the knees. Inner toe and tall moderate; the former with the threefirst quills much graduated. T. olivaceus. W. Af. i. 264,(6) strigilatus. W. Af. i. lb. i. 266. (a) Phyllastrephus, Sw. ( a, b) Bill as long as thehead, strong, the tip rather hooked. Rictus stronglybristled. Frontal feathers small, compact, directedforwards, and compressed on the base of the and tail moderate, rounded. Feet short,strong, robust. Tarsus and middle toe of the same. MERULID iE. MYOTHERlNiE. 229 length; lateral toes unequal, the inner shortest: hindertoe shorter than the inner one. Anterior tarsal scales,divided. P. capensis. O. dAf. 112. f.\. scandens. W. Af. i. , Viell. Bill with thegeneral form of Erachypus*but the culmen more elevatedand arched, and both man-dibles entire. Wings and tailrounded. Tarsus consider-ably lengthened and toe the shortest; mid-dle toe very long. America.{fig. 206. b. 208. b)Icteria polyglotta. Wilson, pi. 2.
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