403 A. V. Pelzeln on the Genus Furnarius. 



colour, and in tlie same characters from other Cassowaries' 

 eggs in our museum, some deposited by birds in the Mena- 

 gerie at Schonbrunn, others collected by Baron Ch. Hiigel 

 during his voyages, and others obtained by Herr v. Scala in 

 India. 



From an egg of Casuarius bennettii which we received in 

 the year 1865 in exchange from the Zoological Society of 

 London, and fi'om the figure published in the ' Proceedings ' 

 of the Zoological Society, 1858, p. 144, the egg of C. beccarii 

 is distinguished by its superior length, while it is of almost 

 equal breadth; the tubercles are set closer; and the colour 

 of the shell is pale olive, and not buif. 



"} XXXIII. — On the Genus Furnarius. 

 By A. von Pelzeln, H.M.B.O.U. 



Furnarius, Vieill, 1816. 



[Opetiorhynchus,^eva.m..\S20. i^i^w/w*, Spix, 1824. IpnO' 

 domus, Gloger, 1842.) 



Rostrum capitis circa longitudine, gracile, compressum ; 

 culmine curvato, apice baud dentato, gonyde fere recta, nari- 

 bus patulis, ovatis. Remiges l^'-S""" sensim longiores, 4"' et 

 5"° longissimi. Cauda breviuscula, quadrata vel parum gra- 

 duata. Tarsus multo longior quam digitus medius, scutel- 

 lis latis tectus. Digiti laterales sequales, exterior basi con- 

 junctus, posterior medii fere longitudinis, ungue curvato. 



A. Pileo a dorso colore diverse. 

 a. Pileo brunneo. 



Dorso brunnescenti-badio ; ala 4" ; rostro for- 



tiore 1 . F. hadius. 



Dorso rufescenti-badio ; ala 3^"; rostro debiliore 2. F. alhogularis. 

 Dorso ferrugineo, castaneo vel cinnamomeo. 

 Major : dorso in cinnamomeum vergente, pec- 

 tore ferrugineo, remige primo absque ma- 

 cula; ala 3" 6'", rostro 1"; pedibus pal- 



lidis 3. F. leucopits. 



Major: pileo et dorso clarioribus, remige primo 

 macula rufa in pogonio interiore; ala 3" 

 3-4'", rostro 11-12'" ; pedibus pallidis. . 4. F. assimilis. 



