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SINGING BIRDS — OSCIKES. 



Genus PICICORVUS, Bonaparte. 



Picicormts, Bonapakte, Consp. Av. 1850, 384. (Type, Corrus Columhianus, Wilson.) 



Gen. Ciiau. Lead color, with black wings and tail. Bill longer than the head, con- 

 siderably longer than the tarsus, attenuated, slightly dccurved ; tip without notch. Cul- 

 men and commissure curved ; gonys straight or slightly concave, as long as the tarsi. 



P. Cohimbinmis. 



Nostrils circular, completely covered by a full tuft, of incumbent white bristly feathers. 

 Tail much shorter than the wings, nearly even or .-ilightly rounded. Wings pointed, 

 reaching to the tip of tail. Third, foiu-th, and fifth quills longest. Tarsi short, scarcely 



p. Columbianus. 



