Gen. Hydrornis, Hodgson.

Paludicola olim, Hodgs. ; Hydrornis, Blyth.

Char. - Bill large, very robust, tolerably hooked at the tip ; wings short, rounded; 1st quill short; 5th, 6th, and 7th nearly equal and longest; of large size ; otherwise as in the characters of the group. It constitutes the first division, Gigantes, of Bonaparte's genus Brachyurus.