AVES. 471 



Dendroplex SWAINS. Bill moderate, straight, much compressed, 

 conical. 



Sp. Dendrocolaptes picus, Oriolus picus GM., BUFF. PL enl. 605 ; Dendroco- 

 laptes picirostris DESM. PL peint. 51 (incorrectly 53). 



Sittasomus SWAINS. Bill short, straight. Posterior claw longer 

 than hallux, slender, somewhat straight. 



Sp. Dendrocolaptes erythacus LICHTENST., Dendroc. sylviellus TEMM. PL col. 

 72, fig. i. 



ft With bill depressed, at the base broader than high. 

 Premnocopus CABANIS, Dendrocops SWAINS. 



Sp. Dendrocolaptes cayennensis, Gracula cayennensis GM., BUFF. PL enl. 621, 

 LESS. Ornith. PI. 62, fig. 2; Dendrocolaptes platyrostris (sic!) SPIX Av. 

 Bras. Tab. 89. 



D&ndrocincla GRAY, CAB., Dryocopus MAX. NEOVID. 



Sp. Dendrocolaptes Perrotii LAFRESN., Mag. de ZooL, 1844, Ois. 

 PL 54, &c. 



Note. On some other sub-genera, omitted here, consult GRAY Gen. of 

 Birds, Vol. i. and LAFRESNAYE 1. 1. 



Furnarius ViEiLL., Opetiorhynchus TEMM., Figulus SPIX. Bill 

 moderate or longer than head, slender, compressed, moderately 

 curved or somewhat straight. Nostrils basal, lateral, partly covered 

 by membrane. Tarsi long. Outer toe much shorter than middle. 

 Wings with third and fourth quills subequal, fourth longest of all. 

 Tail graduated, rounded. 



Sp. Furnarius figulus, Turdus figulus, ILLIG., BUFF. PL enl. 739 ; Furna- 

 rius rufus, Merops rufus GM., Figulus albogularis SPIX Av. Bras. Tab. 70, 

 &c. Birds of Brasil, placed formerly in the neighbourhood of Nectarinia; 

 they construct a nest of clay, of which the form has been compared to a 

 baker's oven, and which is divided into two cavities ; in the lower cavity 

 the female lays four white, red-spotted eggs upon some grass. 



Cilluriis CABANIS, Cinclodes GRAY. 



Sp. Furnarius chilensis LESS., MotaciUa patagonica GM., Opetiorhynchus 

 rupestris KITTL., LESSON Ornith. PI. 75, fig. i, KITTL. Vogel von Chili, 

 Mem. des Sav. etrang. pres. a VAc. de St Petersbourg, i. 1831, Tab. vm. 



Lochmias SWAINS., Picerthia ISID. GEOFFR. ST.-HiL. Bill mode- 

 rate, slender. Nostrils lateral, linear. Wings short, with third, 

 fourth and fifth quills subequal, fifth longest of all. 



Sp. Furnarius sancti Hilarii LESS., Ornith. p. 307, ISID. GEOFFR. NOU.V. 

 Ann. du Mm. I. 183^, p. 392. 



