. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. f Hi 'A' > i'\.: 'M cxtonslon up tlie hark. Tlic throat ulone is white; the rcmaiiiiiif^ under parts, the fianlis espt cially, having an ashy brown tiiijje, not 111)1; 'I'd in tlie other speeies. ,, , . ,,,.., , .; , â. ,. , Siiilth- flillliltU Xo. CollBC- 'n No. Hex iiiul Aye. Locality. CoUm"d. : K«elved from Collected hy si:« i:!,n»8 â¢â¢ Mpxico. ... J. (iould. â . ..- y- '⢠vi'ii,r.'-i.;. '4i Family TROGLODYTIDyE. '"' ' ',1, ',!'.''>) 'â¢â¢'
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. f Hi 'A' > i'\.: 'M cxtonslon up tlie hark. Tlic throat ulone is white; the rcmaiiiiiif^ under parts, the fianlis espt cially, having an ashy brown tiiijje, not 111)1; 'I'd in tlie other speeies. ,, , . ,,,.., , .; , â. ,. , Siiilth- flillliltU Xo. CollBC- 'n No. Hex iiiul Aye. Locality. CoUm"d. : K«elved from Collected hy si:« i:!,n»8 â¢â¢ Mpxico. ... J. (iould. â . ..- y- '⢠vi'ii,r.'-i.;. '4i Family TROGLODYTIDyE. '"' ' ',1, ',!'.''>) 'â¢â¢',:â¢}*â ^ Rictal bristles wnntiui;; tlie loral feathers with bristly points ; the frontal feathers generally not reacliing to nostrils. Nostrils varied, exposed or not covered by feathers, juid generally overhung by a scale-like membrane. Bill without notch. Wings much rounded, about equal to tail, which is graduated. I^'riaiaries ten, the lirst generally about half the second. Basal joint of middle toe usually united to half the basal joint of inner, and the whole of that of thm outer, or more. Lateral toes about equal, or the outer a little the longer. Tarsi scutelUvte. The impossibility of defining any hirge group of animals, so as to separate it stringently and abruptly from all others, is well under- stood among naturalists; and the Troglodijlidse form no exception to tlie rule. Some bear so close a resemblance to the Mocking Thrushes as to have been combined with them; while others again exhibit a close approximation to other subfamilies.* ' The genus Rhodinoctihia has, by most of our systematic writers, been placed among the DemlracolajitidiP, and tlms as not belonging to the Oscines at all. Taking all this for granted, I deferred any investigation of the species until I had finished the Oscines. A casual examination has, however, recently convinced me that the genus is truly Oscine, and possibly one of the Tioylo- ilitidr. Dr. Sclater coin
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