belonging to the Genera Phytotoma, Indicator, Cursorius, Sj-c. 87 



which it is certainly closely allied, than the superficial characters 

 already given of it afford me. I have, however, subjoined a 

 detailed account of the chief characters of the bird in the above 

 description, in order that those ornithologists, who may have 

 the good fortune of being able to compare the species of the 

 true Phytotoma with it, may ascertain how far the birds agree. 

 I have to add, when alluding to the extraordinary dimensions of 

 the bill of the species, that the jaw-bones extend in width even 

 further than the beak itself ; the space between them being -,Vths 

 of an inch, while that between the gnathidia of the lower man- 

 dible is but -^ths. 



The greatest breadth of the skull above is f ths of an inch. 



Trib. Dentirostres. Cuv. 



Fam. Merulid^. Vigors. 



Gen. Myiothera. III. 



2. Yarrellii. M . suprd brunnea ; strigd superciliari, thorace, 

 crisso, guttisque alarum pallide fulvis, abdomine albo ; strigd 

 per oculos tectricibusque nigris. 



Caput saturatiilis brunneum ; cauda rufescenti-brunnea. Ros- 

 trum supra brunneum, subtiis fulvum ; pedes fulvi. 



Longitudo corporis, 5\ ; rostri, f ; ala a carpo ad remigem ter- 

 tiam, 2-f-; cauda, 2-^; tarsi, I-'q. 



I have dedicated this beautiful species to my friend Wm. Yar- 

 rell, Esq., whose services as an ornithologist entitle him to this 

 public mark of approbation, and whose long continued friend- 

 ship demands from me this private tribute of esteem. 



Fam. 



