478 CLASS XVI. 



Note. — On some other sub-genera to be referred to Tyrannus or 

 Muscivora, omitted here, cons. Gray Gener. (Muscica2nnce and Ty- 

 rannince) and Cabanis Archivfiir Naturgesch. 1847, pp. 247 — 251. 



Platyrhynclius Desmae., Vieill. Bill short, depressed, equal- 

 ling the forehead in breadth, emarginate at the tip. Gape of mouth 

 produced below the eyes. Nostrils basal, superior. Long bristles 

 at the angle of mouth. Tarsi longer than middle toe ; outer toes 

 conjoined at the base. Wings with third, fourth and fifth quills 

 subequal, fourth and fifth longest of all. Tail short, even. 



Sp. Platyrhynclius fascusYi'E.iiAj., Todus platyrhynchus Gm., Pall. Sine. Zool. 

 vr. Tab. 3, fig. c (fig. of bill), Vieill. Gal. PI. 126, Less. Ornith. PI. 32, 

 fig. 2; — Platyrhynchus cancronius Temm. PL col. 12, fig. 2; Brasil, &c. 



Todus L. Bill moderate, subulate, depressed, with culmen dis- 

 tinct, with tip rounded and obtuse, surrounded at the base by large 

 bristles. Nostrils placed in back of bill before the base. Wings 

 short, with first two quills short, narrowed, fourth longest of all. 

 Outer toes united, free at the extremity only. Tail short, rounded. 



Sp. Todus viridis L., Buff. PI. enl. 585, figs, i, 2, Vieill. Galcr. PI. 124; 

 under this name, according to Lafresnaye, two species are included ; one 

 of Jamaica, to wbich be would approj^riate the name Todus viridis exclu- 

 sively, tbe otber of St Domingo, Todus Dominicensis Lafresn., to which 

 the figures referred to belong {Revue Zoologique par Guerin, 1847, pp. 326 

 — 333)' Perhaps Todus suhulatus Gould (Gray Gen. Tab. xxii.) is not 

 specifically different from this last. 



Triccus Cabanis, Todirostrum Less. Bill somewhat short, 

 with tip hooked, emarginate. Tail cuneiform. (Other characters 

 nearly of the preceding genus, but outer toes less concrete.) 



Sp. Triccus cinereus, Todus cinereus L., Buff. PI. enl. 525, fig. 3; — Triccus 

 diops, Muscicapa diops Temminck, PI. col. 144, fig. i, &c. 



Add: Euscarthnius Maxim., Ilafolura Caban., Orchilus Cab., 

 Haixdocerus {Le-ptums Swains.), Golopterus Caban, 



On these genera conjoined with Todus, cons. Cabanis in TscHUDi Fauna 

 Peruan., Ornith. pp. 163 — 166, and ArcMv f. Naturgesch. 1847, pp. 251 — 

 254. Colopterus is distinguished by the tail even, the tarsi somewhat 

 long and especially by the first three quill-feathers short and narrow. Sp. 

 Colopterus cristatus Caban., Archivf. Naturg. 1. 1. Tab. V. fig. 2, &c. 



Flumcola Swains., Gray, EntomopTiagus Maxim. (Add Xolmis 

 BoiE, Caban., Tanioptera Bonap.) Bill moderate or shorter than 

 head, with culmen rounded, tip emarginate. Nostrils basal, lateral. 

 Tarsi longer than middle toe. Outer toes conjoined at the base. 



