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U. S. p. E. E. EXP. AND SURVETa — ZOOLOGY — GENEEAL REPORT, 



lAst of specimens. 



Sub-Family CAMPYLORIIYNCHINAE. 



Tail piano ; nearly even or slightly rounded ; the first and second feathers slightly graduated ; the feathers very broad, the longest 

 with the width about one-fiflh the length. Size medium. 



The following genera are included in the suh-family : 



A. — Hind toe and claw much longer than the outer lateral, shorter than the middle. Feet 

 stout. 



Camptlorhyncuus. — Bill about equal to tlie head. Lateral toes nearly equal ; their 

 claws reaching to the base of the middle claw. Tarsus longer than the middle toe. 

 Wings as long as the tail. Back brown, streaked with white. 

 Catherpes. — Bill longer than the head. Outer lateral toe much longer than the inner, 

 reaching the base of the middle claw. Tarsus short, equal to the middle toe. Wings 

 a little longer than the tail. Back brown, spotted with white. 

 B. — Hind toe and claw about equal to the outer lateral, shorter than the middle toe. Feet 

 •weak. 



Salpinctes. — Bill as long as the head. Outer lateral toe considerably longer than the 

 inner. Tarsus longer than the middle toe. Wings rather pointed ; decidedly longer 

 than the tail. Back brown, spotted with white. 



CAMPYLORIIYNCHUS, Spix. 



Campylorhynchus, Spix, Av. Bras. 1821. (Agassi/,.) 



Ch. — Bill as long as the head; not notched; compressed. Culmen and commissure both gently docurvcd ; gonys nearly 

 straight. Tarsus longer than middle toe, distinctly scutollato ; inner lateral too a little the longer ; hind too reaching nearly to 

 the middle of the middle claw ; shorter than its digit. Wings about as long as tail ; exposed portion of first quill about two* 

 thirds that of second, and rather more tlian half the longest, or fourth. Tail fenthora very brond, plane ; the longest, n«arly 

 even, with the wiilth about one-fjfth its length ; the two lateral gniduatcd ; the outer about live-sixths the middle. Plumogo 

 soft and loose. Color bnjwn ; streaks on tlio body. Wings and Uiil transversely barrcJ. 



Of this genus the United States possesses but a single species, as far as known, confined to 

 the southern borders. 



