46. CINCLOCERTHIA. 323 



d'. First primary long and broad, but falling 

 short of the second by more than the length 

 of the tarsus ; bill shorter than the head ; 



rictal bristles strong ... 53. MiMus, p. 336. 



e'. First primary long and broad, but falling 

 short of the tip by less than the length 

 of the tarsus ; bill long, as long as or 

 longer than the head; rictal bristles 

 moderate. 



e". Bill not notched 54. Habpobhtnchus, 



f". Bill with distinct subterminal notch. [p. 353. 



e'". Nostrils exposed, but with the feathers 

 impinging on them, so as to cover the 



posterior membrane 55. Melanotis, 



f". Nostrils exposed, with a bare posterior [p. 362. 



membrane 5G. Donacobius, 



f. First primary very long and broad, the [p. 364. 



distance between its tip and the end of the 

 second primary not only less than the 

 length of the tarsus, but even less than the 

 length of the culmen ; rictal bristles feebly 



developed 57. Rhodinocichla, 



[p. 366. 



46. CINCLOCERTHIA. 



Type. 



Stenorhynchus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 186 (nee Meig. 



1823). C. ruficauda. 



Cinclocerthia, Gray, List Gen. B. 1840, p. 17 C. ruficauda. 



Heniiinierus, Less. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 325 C. ruficauda. 



Cf. Scl. (§• Salv. Ex. Orn. text to pis. x., xi., xii. 



Batige. West-India Islands : S. Vincent ; Martinique ; Santa 

 Lucia ; Dominica ; Guadeloupe ; Nevis ; Barbuda. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Upper tail-coverts and tail rufous ; throat ashy 



brown ; axillaries rufous, like the sides of the 



body ruficatuia, p. 323. 



b. Upper tail-coverts and tail brown; throat 



white, like centre of abdomen; axillaries 



light brown gutturaUs, p. 324. 



c. Upper tail-coverts and tail ashy brown ; throat 



and abdomen yellowish wnite ; axillai-ies 



fawn-colom* macrorhyncha, p. 325. 



1. Cinclocerthia ruficauda. 



Stenorhynchus ruficaudus, GouM, P, Z. S. 1835, p. 186. 



Cinclocerthia ruficauda, Gray, List Gen. B. 1840, p. 17 ; id. Gen. B. 

 i. p. 134 (1846) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 213; id. P. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 383 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 7 (1802) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 321 ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 263, no. 3853 (1869) ; Scl. i!,- Salv. £.v. Orn. 



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