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siX(;i.\(; luuDs — (jscines. 



Genus CAMPYLORHYNCHUS, Siix. 



Campijlvr]iijiich\is, Si'ix, Av. Bnis. 1824 (Agassiz). 



Gkn. Char. Bill iis long as llic liu:ul : nut iiutrln-(l : (.■uniiiivssc'd. Culmen aiul coiii- 

 niissure bolli greiilly cluciirveil ; gonvs nearly sti'aigUt. Tarsus lunger than middle toe, 

 distinctly scutellate ; inner lateral tue a little tlu^ longer ; hind toe reaching nearly to the 

 middle ol' the middle claw ; slun-ter than its digit. Wings about as lung as tail ; exposed 



C. hrunncicnpillua. 



portion of first qnill about two thii'ds that of second, and rather more than half the longest, 

 or fourth. Tail feathers very broad, plane: the longest nearly c\en. with the width about 

 one fifth its length ; the two lateral graduated ; the outer about five sixths the middle. 

 Plumage soft and loose. Color brown ; streaks on the body. "Wings and tail transversely 

 barred. 



r. hrutiiificapiUus. 



