15. PSlLORHAMPHtJS. 259 



15. PSILORHAMPHUS. 



Type. 



Leptorhvnchus, Menetries, Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. s4v. vi. 



(Sci. Naf.) t. i. p. 515 (18;J5) P. guttatus. 



Psilorliamphus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 90 P. guttatus. 



Bill and foot o( Psilorhcunphus ffuttafus. 



This Brazilian monotype is certainly a peculiar form, remarkable 

 for its long thin biU, long, thin, and smooth tarsi, and its long and 

 much graduated tail. It is clearly allied to Ehamj^hoccenus, and like 

 it has the elongated nostrils partly covered by a membrane, but the 

 beak is not nearly so long. 



1. Psilorhamphus gnttatus. 



Leptorbynchus guttatus, MenHr. Mem. Acad. St. PHersh. 86r. vi. {Sci. 



Naf.) t. i. p. 516, pi. X. fig. 1. 

 Rampliocffinus guttatus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 7.3. 

 Psiloramphus guttatus, Sci. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 90, et 1858, p. 243 ; id. 



Cat. A. B. p. 183 ; Sci. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 72. 



Above cinereous ; rump rufous, with slight blackish cross bands ; 

 wings externally tinged with rufous ; back, wing-coverts, and ex- 

 ternal secondaries marked with small round white specks, which are 

 slightly margined with black ; tail-feathers greyish brown, tipped 

 with white, and spotted on each web with small marginal spots of 

 pale fulvous : beneath pale cinereous, white on the middle of the 

 belly, which is thickly spotted with small round black specks ; 

 flanks and crissum rufescent, with narrow black cross bands ; under 

 wing-coverts white ; bill above hazel, beneath pale yellowish ; feet 

 pale yellowish : whole length 5'3 inches, wing 2, tail 2-'6, bill from 

 gape 0-8, tarsus 1. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



a. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclatev Coll. 



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