. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. PHILEPITTED-E:. 409 Family VI. PHILEPITTIDiE. Sundevall* first showed that the peculiar Madagascarian type PMlepitta, as possessing ten fully formed primaries and a non- bilaminate tarsus, could not be satisfactorily placed among the Oscines, to various branches of which it had been referred by previous writers. But it is to the researches of Porbes that we are indebted for our remaining information on this curious form. In one of his excellent articles upon the anatomy of the Passeres f, Forbes took up the question of PMlepitta, and described it
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. PHILEPITTED-E:. 409 Family VI. PHILEPITTIDiE. Sundevall* first showed that the peculiar Madagascarian type PMlepitta, as possessing ten fully formed primaries and a non- bilaminate tarsus, could not be satisfactorily placed among the Oscines, to various branches of which it had been referred by previous writers. But it is to the researches of Porbes that we are indebted for our remaining information on this curious form. In one of his excellent articles upon the anatomy of the Passeres f, Forbes took up the question of PMlepitta, and described its palate, ptery- losis, and syrinx. The palate and pterylosis are truly Passerine, though possessing slight special peculiarities. The syrinx, which was previously unexamined, he showed to be perfectly Hesomyodian, as indeed had been predicted by Garrod would probably turn out to. a. Syrinx ot PMlepitta, from before, f. b. From behind, 4. c. From right side, f. (P. Z. S. 18S0, p. 389.) be the case. It follows that the Philepittidce must be arranged as one of the Old-World families of Oligotnyodae, and that the best place for it is next to the Pittidce, from which it differs in its taxaspidean tarsus and other particulars. The two known species of Philepittidce are confined to Madagascar. 1. PHILEPITTA. Type. Philepitta, Geofr. , Mac/, de Zool. 1839, Ois. pi. 3. P. jala. Brissonia, Haiti. Orn. Beitr. Fauna Madag. p. 42 (1801) . P. jala. Buddinghia, Pollen, Faune de 31adaqasc. ii. p. 88 (1808) . P. schlegeli Paictes, Sund. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 63 (1872) P. jala. * Tentamen, p. 63. t P. Z. S. 1880, p. 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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