SYLVIIl).^ — SYLVIAS — REGULUS. 



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Points of loral feathers bristly. Second i|nill shorter than sixth. Size very 

 small. Wings longer than the emarginated tail. Tarsi booted. 



Genus REGULUS, Cuvier. 



Reguhts, CuriEn, Lemons d'Anat. Comp. 1799 -ISOO (Agassi?.). {Type, Motnrilh rfrjiilua, 

 LiN'K. ; lirgidus rrixintiix, Kocil. ) 



Gen. Cii.\r. Bill slciKkr, iiiuc-h shorter than hoad, depressed at base, but becom- 

 ing rapidly compressed; moderatelj' notched at tip. Culmeu straight to near the 

 tip. then gently curved. Commissure straight ; gonys convex. Rictus well provided 



R. satrapa. 



with bristles ; nostrils covered by a single bristly feather directed forwards. Tarsi 

 elongated, exceeding consiilerably the middle toe, and without scutellae. Lateral 

 toes about equal ; hind toe with the claw longer than the middle one, and about lialf 



R. satrapa. 



the toe. Claws all much curved. First )irimary about one third as long as the 

 longest; second equal to fifth or sixth. Tail shorter than the wings, moderately 

 forked, the feathers acuminate. Colors olive green above, whitish beneath. Size very 

 small. 



