BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 7G9 



Genus RHODINOCICHLA Hartlaub. 



Rhodinocichla Hartlaub, Journ. fur Orn., i, Jan., 1853, 33. (Type, Furnarius 



roseiis Lesson.) 

 Bhodinocinclft (lapsus^) Reichexbach, Handb. Sjjec. Orn., no. x, Scansbrite (Sit- 



time), Aug. 1, 1853, 148, 201. 

 Rhodocinda (emendation) Suxdevall, Av. Meth. Tent., 1872, 13. 

 Ckhlcdopla Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 6. (Type, Tardus vidpinus 



Hartlaub, = F(«njorms roseus Lesson. ) 



Veiy laro-e Mniotiltidro ( ?) with bill near!}' as long- a.s head, stout 

 (depth at nostrils equal to nearly half the distance from nostril to tip 

 of maxilla), distincth^ notched; nostril nearl\' circular, with very slight 

 superior membrane; rictal l)ristles obsolete; middle toe with claw nearly 

 equal to tarsus; wing excessively rounded, the outermost (ninth) pri- 

 marv much shorter than secondaries, the eighth shorter, or at least not 

 longer, than tirst, the seventh, sixth, hfth, and fourth longest and 

 nearly equal; tail about equal to wing, much rounded; upper parts, 

 sides, and flanks plain sootv blackish or slate color; superciliar}- stripe 

 and median under parts rose red in adult males, tawnj- in adult females. 



Bill nearly as long as head, moderately compressed, rather stout; 

 culmen straight for basal half (appoximately) then gradually decurved 

 to the distinctly but not abruptly uncinate tip, distinctly but not sharply 

 ridged basally; maxillar}' tomium nearly straight for most of its length, 

 distinctly notched subterminall}'; gon3\s ver}^ faintly convex. Nostril 

 circular, in anterior end of nasal fossse, without superior operculum or 

 mem])rane, except posteriorl3^ Rictal bristles obsolete. Wing short, 

 excessively rounded; outermost (ninth) primary much shorter than 

 secondaries; eighth shorter (or at least not longer) than first, the sev- 

 enth, sixth, fifth, and fourth longest and nearly equal; wing-tip about 

 half as long as exposed culmen. Tail about as long as wing, much 

 rounded, the rectrices very broad, with rounded tips. Tarsus about 

 one-third as long as wing, stout, its scutella indistinct on outer side; 

 middle toe, with claw, nearly as long as tarsus; lateral toes equal, their 

 claws falling short of base of middle claw; hallux about as long* as lat- 

 eral toes, slender, its claw much shorter than the digit; basal phalanx 

 of middle toe united for most of its length to outer toe. for about half 

 its length to inner toe. 



Coloration. — Upper parts, sides of head, sides, and flanks plain 

 soot}^ blackish or slate color; superciliary stripe, malar region, and 

 under parts (except laterally) rose red in adult males, tawny in females; 

 young said to have the under parts mottled.'^ 



Nid'ifica tion. — Unknown. 



1 Evidently a slip of the memory, or the pen, since Hartlaub is cited, as aliove, as 

 authority for the name. 

 ^ Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 38 

 3654— VOL 2—01 49 



