280 



MXYRIUMPinnjE. 



wing-coverts more or less stained with the same colour ; first primary 

 emarginated ; two outer rectrices of nearly equal length ; bill brown ; 

 feet blackish : whole length 13 inches, wing 5, tail — outer rectr. 

 S, middle rectr. 2- 8. Female similar, but outer tail-feathers not 

 usually so long. 



Hah. Texas, ITexico, and Central America down to Costa Rica. 



a-c. Ad. st. 



d. S ad. sk. 



e. J ad. sk. 

 /. 3 ad. sk. 



g,h. tf J ad.sk. 

 ij- 6 2 ad - sk. 

 k. Ad. sk. 

 I. d jr. sk. 

 m. c? ad. sk. 

 n. 2 ad. sk. 



Central America. 

 Texas (Heimami). 

 Texas (Baird). 

 Scullv-ville, Texas 



(McCarthey). 

 Coban, Vera Paz (Salvin). 

 Cobau, Vera Paz (Salvin). 

 Vera Paz. 



Duenas, Guatemala (Salvin). 

 Costa Rica (Canniol). 

 Sucuya, Nicaragua (Nutting). 



Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Family II. OXYRHAMPHIDiE. 



The single genus Oxyrhamphus, which constitutes this family, 

 is at once recognizable from the Tyrannidce by its straight, sharp- 

 pointed bill, which is beset on the lores and front and under the 

 chin by numerous small and short bristly feathers, and by the 

 serration of the outer web of the outer primary. The tarsus is 

 exaspidean, as in the Tyrannidce. The digits are nearly free, as in 

 the Oscinee. (See page 2.) 



Three closely allied species of this genus are known from various 

 points of the Neotropical Region. 



1. OXYRHAMPHUS. 



Type. 



Oxyrhynohus, Temm. PL Col, t. 12o (1823) O. flammiceps. 



Oxyrhaniphus, Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. p. 420 (1841) O. flammiceps. 



Structure of Oxyrhaniphus. 



