472 CLASS XVI. 



Genus Sclerurus Swainson, is this its place 1 



Add genera Geositta Swains., Henicornis Gray and Ochetorhyn- 

 chus Meyen, on which cons. Gray Gen. of Birds, i. 



Xenops HoffmannseggS Neoj^s Vieill. Bill moderate or 

 short, compressed, with culmen straight; lower mandible ascending 

 towards the tip. Middle toe longer than the laterals ; claw of hallux 

 larger than the anterior toes. Wings with fourth quill longest. 

 Tail moderate, with feathers lax. 



Sp. Xenops genibarhis Temm., PI. col. 150, fig. i; — Xenoj)s vutilansTEHts.., PI. 

 color. 72, fig. 2 ; — Xenops rufosuperciliaris (!) Lafresn., Guer. Mar/as. de 

 Zool. 1832, Ois. PI. 7, &c. All these species are Brasilian. 



Anahates Temm. {Synallaxis Vieill., Temm.) Bill shorter 

 than head, compressed, acuminate, with culmen moderately bent 

 towards the tip; lower jaw straight. Nostrils basal, lateral, oblong, 

 narrow. Tarsi covered with a row of large scutes produced to the 

 sides. Claw of hallux larger than the anterior middle claw. Tail 

 elongate, graduated, with feathers flexile. Wings short, with third, 

 fourth and fifth quills subequal, longest. 



Sp. Anahates amaurotis Temm., PI. col. 238, fig. 2; — Anahates macrourus 

 Maxim., Anahates striolatus Temm. 1. 1. fig, i, &c. 



Sub-genus : Synallaxis Yieill. Bill short, slender. Tarsi slender, 

 elongate. 



Sp. Synallaxis phryganophila Vieill., Synallaxis tessellata Temm., PI. col. 

 311, fig. I, GUERIN Iconogr., Ois. PI. 23, fig. 2; — Synallaxis ruficapilla 

 Vieill. Galer. PI. 174, Synall. albescens Temm, PI. col. 227, fig. 2, Cuv. 

 R. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 40, fig. 4; Synallaxis Tupinierii Less., Motacilla 

 spiuicauda Gm., Less. Ornith. PI. 74, fig. 2, &c. 



Oxyrhamj)hus Strickl., Oxyrhynchus Temm. 



Note. — To this family also are to be referred genera Sphenopyga 

 Caban. {A7iunhius Lafresn.), Thripophaga Caban. and Schizura 

 ejusd. {Sylviortliorhynchus Desmurs.) 



Sp. Schizura malmroides, Sylviorthorynchiis Desmurii, Desm. PI. peintes 45. 



Family XXXV. Eriodoridce Cabanis. Wings short, with 

 ten primaries. Cubital coverts short. Tarsi covered anteriorly 

 with a row of large scutes, posteriorly with a double row of scutes 



^ Illig. Prodrom. p. 213. 



