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U. S. p. R. B. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



Sub-Family CAMPYLORHYNCHINAE. 



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

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



The following genera are included in the sub-family : 



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

 stout. 



Campylokhtnchus. — Bill about equal to the 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. 



CAMPYLORHYNCHUS, Spix. 



Campylorhynchus, Spix, Av. Bras. 1824. (Agassiz.) " 



Cii Bill as long as the head; not notched; compressed. Culmen and cominissure both gently decurved ; gonys nearly 



etraight. Tarsus longer than middle toe, distinctly scutellate; inner lateral toe a little the longer ; hind toe reaching nearly to 

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

 thirds that of second, and rather more than half the longest, or fourth. Tail feathers very broad, plane ; the longest, nearly 

 even, with the width about one-fifth its length ; the two lateral graduated ; the outer about five-sixths the middle. Plumage 

 Boft and loose. Color brown ; streaks on the body. Wings and tail transversely barred. 



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

 the southern borders. 



