. A dictionary of birds . Pellorneum. Crateropus. BABBLER, apparently first used in ornithology in 1837, bySwainson (Glassif. B. ii. 233), for the birds, assigned by himto the subfamily Crateropoclinse, belonging to the genera Pellor-7ietim, Crateropus,Grallina, Malacocer-cus (including as asubgenus Timalia ofHorsfield) and Ptero-pitockus (Tapaculo).With the exceptionof the third and thelast these forms arenow commonly re-garded as forming part of the FamilyTimeliidps (often but less accuratelyvrritten Timaliidai), which no system-atist has yet been able to definesatisfactorily, while many hav

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. A dictionary of birds . Pellorneum. Crateropus. BABBLER, apparently first used in ornithology in 1837, bySwainson (Glassif. B. ii. 233), for the birds, assigned by himto the subfamily Crateropoclinse, belonging to the genera Pellor-7ietim, Crateropus,Grallina, Malacocer-cus (including as asubgenus Timalia ofHorsfield) and Ptero-pitockus (Tapaculo).With the exceptionof the third and thelast these forms arenow commonly re-garded as forming part of the FamilyTimeliidps (often but less accuratelyvrritten Timaliidai), which no system-atist has yet been able to definesatisfactorily, while many have notunjustly regarded it as a refuge forthe destitute—thrustins; into it agreat number of forms, chiefly Oscin-ine, that, with a bill resembling a Cinclorhamphus. Shrikes, a Thrushs, or a War- (After swainson.) blers, mostly possess very short and incurved wings, and cannot,in the opinion of some, be conveniently stowed elsewhere. Twovolumes (vi. and vii.) of the Catalogue of Birds in tJie British. 26 BABILLARD—BALDPA TE

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