DENDROCALAPTES. BIRDS. 



O. maculatus, Tern. Plum age dull brown above, spotted with black ; 

 male with a red throat, edged with black ; throat of the female 

 white. Inhabits Australasia. Tern. Man. Ixxxi. 



Gen. 4. DENDROCOLAPTES, Herman. 



Bill depressed and trigonous at the base, straight or slightly 

 bent, acute ; nostrils basal, lateral, pierced in the bill ; tongue 

 short, cartilaginous ; tail conical, the feathers stiff and acu- 

 minated ; external toe united to the intermediate to the second 

 joint, the internal very short; claws hooked and furrowed. 



All the species of this genus inhabit South America. They resemble each other 

 greatly in the plumage, but differ widely in the length and form of the bill. A Mono- 

 graph of the genus by Lichtenstein appeared in the Berlin Transactions for 1820. 



D. procurvus, Tern. Head, neck, and scapulars olive-brown, strip- 

 ed with white ; wings and tail rufous; body beneath olive-brown, 

 with whitish stripes ; bill reddish, curved. Inhabits Brazil. 

 Tern. PI. Col. 28. 



D. longirostris, Illig. Bill elongated, slightly bent, stout, compres- 

 sed, white ; throat white. Brazil Berl Trans, 1820, 200. 



Td.falcirostris, Spix. Plumage cinnamon-coloured above, beneath 

 and vent olive-brown, striped with white ; head and neck striped 

 with white ; bill greatly compressed, ash-coloured. 10| inches 

 long. Inhabits Brazil. Spix, Avium Nov. Sp. pi. 88. 



D. miniatus, Illig. Bill slightly bent, compressed, black ; mandi- 

 ble white ; tail and edges of the quills vermilion red. BerL 

 Trans. 1820, 202. 



Gen. 5. XEXOPS, Illig. 



Bill short, slender, much compressed, subulate, acute ; tips of 

 the mandibles .recurved ; nostrils basal, lateral, covered by a 

 naked membrane ; lateral toes equal ; external toe united to 

 the second joint; claws strong, compressed, bent, tail wedged. 



X. genibarbis, Tern. Plumage reddish-brown above, gray-brown 

 below ; chin, eyebrows, and spots on the throat and breast whitish, 

 a snowy spot beneath the ears ; lesser quills blackish, with rufous 

 margins. 4| inches long. Brazil. Shaw, xiv. pi. 22. 



X. anatoboides, Tern. Red-brown, with the throat, collar on the 

 nape of the neck, and line behind the eyes to the occiput white ; 

 tail red. 7 inches long. Brazil. Tern. PL Col. 150, fig. 2. 



X. rulilans, Tern. Back and wings olive, quills golden yellow at 

 the base, black in the middle, with red tips ; throat and lines on 

 the neck white. 4 J inches long. Brazil Tern. PL Col. pi. 72, fig. 2. 



Gen. 6. ANABATES, Tern. 



Bill straight, shorter than, or the length of the head, compressed, 

 deeper at the base than broad, a little bent at the tip, entire ; 

 nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly covered by a plumose 



