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pularibus marginibusque exterioribus remigum Isete castaneis 



subtus genisque cinereis ; rostro atro, jDedibus cinereis. 



Long. tot. 4 j unc. ; ros. fron. ^ unc. ; tarsi f unc. 



This is the smallest species of the genus with which I am ac- 

 quainted. The above three species differ in the comparative length 

 of the bill, but as they agree in the structure of the wings, feet and 

 tail, I am unwilling to increase the number of genera by subdividing 

 them. 



Philentoma, n. g. 



Rostrum capite sequale ad apicem incisum latum depressum lateribus 

 tumidis, ad basin setis longis armatis nares ovales. 



Tarsi mediocres digiti externi vix longiores quam interni posteriores 

 medios sequantes, ungues compressi, posteriores longissimi, scuta 

 tarsi indivisa. 



Al<B rotundatse prima penna remigum spuria, secunda breviore tertia, 

 tertia duabus proximis inter se sequalibus. 



Cauda mediocris rotundata tectricibus superioribus moUibus et longis. 

 The above genus has the bill of nearly the same form as in Musci- 



peta, but the long and soft feathers at the base of the tail at once 



distinguish it from that genus. 



Pldtentoma castaneum. P. capite pectore dorsoque superiore azureis, 

 gula Cauda marginibusque rectricum alarum castaneis, ventre tec- 

 tricibusque inferioribus caudse albis ferrugineo leviter tinctis, tec- 

 tricibus superioribus caudae elongatis mollibus et ferrugineo-cine- 

 reis ; rostro atro, pedibus corneis. 

 Long. tot. 6| unc. ; tarsi 7 lin. ; ros. fron. 7 lin. ; ros. latum 4 lin. 



Fern, mari similis, sed capite pectore dorsoque superiore cinereis, et 

 rostro corneo. 



Picus ruhiginosus. P. capite gula subtusque brunneis fronte palli- 

 diore collo capistro coccineo circumdato nisi anteriore parte, dorso 

 brunneo verticibus pennarum sordide rubiginosis remigibus mar- 

 ginibus exterioribus rubiginosis interioribus fuscis, totiusque fasciis 

 angustis brunneis transversatis, cauda atra ; rostro llavo, pedibus 

 atris. 

 Long. tot. 8 unc. ; ros. fron. l^^"^^^' > tarsi 10 lin. 



Dendrocopus sordidus. D. gula genis paucisque pennarum cristse 

 sordide cinereis reliquis cristse verticeque llavo brunneo, dorso re- 

 migibusque secondariis atris, marginibus flavo-albis remigibus pri- 

 mariis caudaque atris, uropygio marginibusque pennarum tectri- 

 cum inferiorum caudae flavo-albis tinctis ; rostro pedibusque atris. 

 Long. tot. 5 J unc. ;ros. fron. | unc. ; tarsi 7 lin. 



Fern, mari similis, sed crista verticeque totius cinereis. 



Tripsurus auritus. T. ater fronte verticeque cinereis brunneis leviter 

 tinctis, occipite atro vix cristato lateribus utrinque macula parva 

 coccinea, dorso alis caudaque atris, illo immaculato, his transver- 

 satis et maculatis albo, subtus sordide albus mediis pennarum atris, 

 rostro pedibusque atris. 

 Long. tot. 4|: unc. ; ros. fron. 7 lin. ; tarsi | unc. 



