470 CLASS XVI. 



Rhamphodon Less., Grypus Spix, Gray. Bill elongate, with 

 tip of upper mandible produced, curved. Margins of bill serrate 

 anteriorly with denticles recurved. Tail graduated, rounded. 



Sp. TrocMlus ncevius Dumont, Temm. PL col. 120, fig. 3, Rhamphodon 

 maculatmi Less. Colibj: PI. i ; Brasil. 



Family XXXIV. Anahatidm Cabanis. Primaries ten, with first 

 short. Wings moderate or short. Wing-coverts mostly covering 

 less than half of the secondaries. Two outer toes conjoined at the 

 base. Tarsi covered anteriorly with transverse scutes, often produced 

 on the sides and posteriorly so as to leave only a narrow reticulate 

 line. Bill of various form and size, acuminate at the tip, compressed. 



Dendrocola2)fes Hermann \ Bill elongate or moderate, de- 

 pressed at the base, acuminate at the tip, compressed, mostly 

 curved. Gape of mouth large. Nostrils lateral, placed in a pit at 

 the base of bill. Two outer toes subequal, longer than inner. 

 Claws compressed, curved. Wings with first quill short, third, 

 fourth and fifth subequal, fourth mostly longest of all. Tail with 

 feathers pointed, the stem being naked and acute at the extremity. 



To this genus different species belong, all from South America, which 

 form a small group presenting many differences especially in the bill. Com- 

 pare on this, published in different numbers of Gderin's Rev^ie et Magas. 

 de Zool. 1850, 185 1, Monographie dio genre Picicule, par De Lafeesnaye. 



f With bill compressed. 



Xipliorhynchus Swains. Bill slender, very much elongated, 



curved. 



Sp. Dendrocolaptes trochilirostris Lichtenst., Dendrocopus falcularius 

 ViEiLL., Odd. des Ois. PI. 175; — Dendrocol. procurvus Temm. PI. col. 28; — 

 Dendr. Pucheranii Lafbesn., Desmuks PI. peint. 68. 



Dendrocolaptes Swains, (and Picolaptes Less., Lafresn.) Bill 

 elongate, moderately curved. 



Sp. Dendrocolaptes major Lafresn. {Dendr. ruhiginosus previously), Gueb, 

 Mag. de Zool. 1833, Ois. PI. 10; — Dendrocolaptes tenuirostris LicuT., 

 Picolaptes gutiatus Less. Cent. Zool. PI. 32, &c. 



Nasica Less., Lafresn. Bill elongate, almost straight, with tip 

 alone curved or hooked. 



Sp. Dendrocolaptes longirostris Illig., LevailI;. Promer. PI. 24 ; Dendroco- 

 laptes xanthogaster, Di'yocopus Jlavigaster Desmuks, PI, peint. PI. 52. 



^ Obscrvat. Zoolog, Argentorati, 4to. p. 135. 



