RAMPHOCINCLUS—MARGAROPS, 41 
RAMPHOCINCLUS, LAFREsNAYE. 
Ramphocinclus, Larr. R. Z. 1843, 66. (Type Turdus brachyurus, VrEIL1. ) 
Bill longer than the head, notched; culmen and commissure considerably 
decurved from the base; gonys slightly so. Rictus with short bristles. Tarsus 
lengthened, longer than the head or the middle toe; the scutelle fused into 
one plate, or faintly indicated. Wings rather pointed, longer than the tail; 
ist primary more than half the longest; 2d about equal to the 9th. Tail 
rounded, the lateral feather graduated ; the feathers generally rather narrow, 
with quite narrow outer web. 
This interesting genus is well marked among its fellows, and will 
readily be recognized The single species in pattern of coloration 
closely resembles IMelanotis hypoleucus, and should perhaps be 
placed very near it, having sooty brown where the other has blue. 
It differs, however, in much more curved, and longer bill; shorter, 
narrower, and less rounded tail, with narrower outer webs, ete. 
Ramphocinclus brachyurus. 
Turdus brachyurus, Vreiru. Nouv. Dict. XX, 255.—Is. Encycl. Méth. 
1823, 655.—Ramphocynclus brachyurus, Larr. R. Z. 18438, 66.— 
Scrater, P. Z. 8. 1859, 338.—Is. Catal. 1861, 7, no. 44.—Cinclo- 
certhia brachyura, Scuater, P. Z. 8. 1855, 213. 
Zoothera cinclops, Bp. Cousp. 259. 
Total length, 8.00; wing, 4.00; tail, 3.50; graduation, .45; outer web of 
lateral feathers one-fourth the inner; exposed portion of 1st primary, 1.60 ; 
of 2d, 2.50; of longest (measured from exposed base of Ist primary), 3.00; 
length of bill from forehead, 1.15, from nostril, .70; along gape, 1.34; tarsus, 
1.20; middle toe and claw, 1.00; claw alone, .30; hind toe and claw, .72; 
claw alone, .37. 
Smith | Cottes | Sex 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. ah Be Received from Collected by 
No. | No. | Age. i 
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MARGAROPS, Scuater. 
Margarops, ScuaTEr, P. Z. 8. 1859, 335. (Type Turdus fuseatus, VIEIuL.) 
Cichlalopia, Bon. R. Z. 1857, 205, not of C. R. 1854, XX XVIII, 1 (which 
was based on Turdus vulpinus, Hart. =: Rhodinocincla rosea). 
Bill very large and stout, with a distinct notch; longer than the head ; 
culmen curving gently from base, and more abruptly towards tip; commis- 
sural edge of upper jaw also much curved, so that the whole lower jaw, 
except at the base, falls inside of the chord connecting the two ends of the 
arc. Rictal bristles short, and scant; more so than in Jimocichla. 
