. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. CATALOGUE Order II. PASSERIFORMES (Cat. B. vol. iii. p. 1.) Suborder I. PASSERES (Cat. B. vol. iii. p. 1.) Group II. CICHLOMORPHJ^. (Cat. B. vol. iv. p. 6.) Family TIMELIIDiE. (Cat. B. vol. iv. p. 7.) Subfamily TIMELIIN^. (Cat. B. vol. vi. p. 1.) In the present state of our knowledge T consider it impossible t6 divide the birds hitherto referred or allied to the typical Timeliidce into well-defined or definable subfamilies or groups. Hence the views on their systematic arrangement are of necessity subject to frequent changes; and my own,
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. CATALOGUE Order II. PASSERIFORMES (Cat. B. vol. iii. p. 1.) Suborder I. PASSERES (Cat. B. vol. iii. p. 1.) Group II. CICHLOMORPHJ^. (Cat. B. vol. iv. p. 6.) Family TIMELIIDiE. (Cat. B. vol. iv. p. 7.) Subfamily TIMELIIN^. (Cat. B. vol. vi. p. 1.) In the present state of our knowledge T consider it impossible t6 divide the birds hitherto referred or allied to the typical Timeliidce into well-defined or definable subfamilies or groups. Hence the views on their systematic arrangement are of necessity subject to frequent changes; and my own, with those of the author of the fifth volume of the present ' Catalogue,' have consequently under- gone considerable modifications since the commencement of the printing of the previous volume. I have been obliged to depart from the scheme of classification there proposed ; and I have found besides, after a more lengthened study of these birds, that the family, as at present constituted, contains many forms which are not real Timeliidce, Under these circumstances the best plan seemed to me to be to arrange the remaining forms under groups of one subfamily Time- liime, viz. Thamnobiie, Bradijpttri, Eremomdce, Cisticohe, Chumcece, Henicuri, Crateropi, Tiinelice, Liotrichcs, and Accentores. VOL. VII. B. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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