ORTHONYX  , the scientific name given in 182o, by C . J . Temminck, to a. little See also:

• BIRD

bird, which, from the straightness of its claws—a See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character somewhat exaggerated by him—its large feet and spiny tail, he judged to be generically distinct from any other See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . The typical See also:

• SPECIES

species, O. spinicauda, is from See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, where it is very See also:

• LOCAL

local in its See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution, and strictly terrestrial in its habits . It is rather larger than a skylark, coloured above not unlike a hedge-See also:

• SPARROW (0. Eng. spearwa; Icel. sporr; O.H.G. Sparo)

sparrow . The wings are, however, barred with See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, and the See also:

• CHIN

chin, See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat and See also:

• BREAST (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. the Ger. Brust, possibly connected with an O. Sax. brustian, to bud)

breast are in the male pure white, but of a See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright reddish-See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange in the See also:

• FEMALE

female . The remiges are very See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, rounded and much incurved, showing a bird of weak See also:

• FLIGHT

flight . The rectrices are very broad, the shafts stiff, and towards the tip divested of barbs . O. spaldingi from See also:

• QUEENSLAND

Queensland is of much greater See also:

• SIZE

size than the type, and with a See also:

• JET (Fr. jais, Ger. Gagat)

jet-See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black plumage, the throat being white in the male and orange-rufous in the female . Orthonyx is a semi-terrestrial bird of weak flight, See also:

• BUILDING

building a domed See also:

• NEST

nest on or near the ground . See also:

• INSECTS

Insects and larvae are its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food, and the See also:

• MALES

males are described as pe*forming dancing antics like those of the See also:

• LYRE (Gr. Xupa)

lyre-bird (q.v.) . Orthonyx belongs to the Oscines See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the Passeres and is placed in the See also:

• FAMILY

family Timeliidae .

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