AVES. 471 



Dendroplex Swains. Bill moderate, straight, much compressed, 

 conical. 



Sp. Dendrocolaptes picus, Oriolus picus Gm., Buff, PI. enl. 605 ; — Dendroco- 

 laptcs pictrostris Desm. PL peint. 51 (incorrectly 53). 



Sittasomus Swains. Bill short, straight. Posterior claw longer 

 than hallux, slender, somewhat straight. 



Sp. Dend/)-ocolaptes erythacus Lichtenst., Dcndroc. sylviellua Temm. PI. col. 

 72, fig. I, 



+t With bill dejiresscd, at the base broader than high. 



Fremnocopus Cabanis, Dendrocops Swains. 



Sp. Dendrocolaptes cayennensis, Gracula cayennensis Gil., ^UFF. PI. enl. 621, 

 Less. Ornith. PI. 67, fig. 2; Dendrocolaptes platyrostris (sic!) Spix Av. 

 Bras. Tab. 89. 



JDendrocincla Gray, Cab., Dryocopus Max. Neovid. 



Sp. Dendrocolaptes Perrotii Lafresn., Mag. de Zool., 1844, 0!s. 

 PI. 54, &c. 



Note. — On some other sub-genera, omitted here, consult GRAY Gen. of 

 Birds, Vol. i. and Lafresnaye 1. 1. 



Furnarius ViElLL., Opetiorliynchus Temm., Figulus Spix. Bill 

 moderate or longer than head, slender, compressed, moderately 

 curved or somewhat straight. Nostrils basal, lateral, partly covered 

 by membrane. Tarsi long. Outer toe much shorter than middle. 

 Wings with third and fourth quills subequal, fourth longest of all. 

 Tail graduated, rounded. 



Sp. Furnarius figulus, Turdus figulus, Illig., Bdff. PI. enl. 739 ; — Furna- 

 rius rufus, Merojys rufus Gm., Figulus albogxdaris Spix Av. Bras. Tab. 70, 

 &c. Birds of Brasil, placed formerly in the neighbourhood of Nectarinia ; 

 they construct a nest of clay, of which the form has been compared to a 

 baker's oven, and which is divided into two cavities ; in the lower cavity 

 the female lays four white, red-spotted eggs upon some grass. 



Cillurus Cabanis, Cmclodes Gray. 



Sp. Furnarius chilensis Less., Motacilla patagonica Gm., Opetiorhynchus 

 rupestris Kittl., Lesson Ornith. PI. 75, fig. r, Kittl. V'ogel von Chili, 

 Mem. des Sav. etrang. pres. a I'Ac. de St Petersbourg, i. 1831, Tab. viii. 



Lochmias Swains., Picerthia Ism. Geoffr. St.-Hil. Bill mode- 

 rate, slender. Nostrils lateral, linear. Wings short, with third, 

 fourth and fifth quills subequal, fifth longest of all. 



Sp. Furnarius sancli JTilarii Less., Ornith. p. 307, IsiD. Geoffr. Noiiv. 

 Ann. du Mus. I. 1832, p. 392. 



