472 CLASS xvi. 



Genus Sclerurus SWAINSON, is this its place 1 ? 



Add genera Geositta SWAINS., Henicornis GRAY and Ochetorhyn- 

 chus MEYEN, on which cons. GRAY Gen. of Birds, i. 



Xenops HOFFMANNSEGG 1 , Neops VIEILL. Bill moderate or 

 short, compressed, with culmen straight; lower mandible ascending 

 towards the tip. Middle toe longer than the laterals; claw of hallux 

 larger than the anterior toes. Wings with fourth quill longest. 

 Tail moderate, with feathers lax. 



Sp. Xenops genibarbis TEMM., PI. col. 150, fig. ij Xenops rutilansTEMX., PI. 

 color. 72, fig. 2 ; Xenops rufosuperciliaris (!) LAFRESN., GUER. Magas. de 

 Zool. 1832, Ois. PL 7, &c. All these species are Brasilian. 



Anabates TEMM. (Synallaxis VIEILL., TEMM.) Bill shorter 

 than head, compressed, acuminate, with culmen moderately bent 

 towards the tip; lower jaw straight. Nostrils basal, lateral, oblong, 

 narrow. Tarsi covered with a row of large scutes produced to the 

 sides. Claw of hallux larger than the anterior middle claw. Tail 

 elongate, graduated, with feathers flexile. Wings short, with third, 

 fourth and fifth quills subequal, longest. 



Sp. Anabates amaurotis TEMM., PL col. 238, fig. 2 ; Anabates macrourus 

 MAXIM., Anabates striolatus TEMM. 1. 1. fig. x, &c. 



Sub-genus : Synallaxis VIEILL. Bill short, slender. Tarsi slender, 

 elongate. 



Sp. Synallaxis phryganophila VIEILL., Synallaxis tessellata TEMM., PL col. 

 311, fig. i, GUERIN Iconogr., Ois. PL 23, fig. 2; Synallaxis ruficapilla 

 VIEILL. Galer. PI. 174, Synall. albescens TEMM. PL col. 227, fig. 2, Cuv. 

 R. Ani., d. ill., Ois. PI. 40, fig. 4; Synallaxis Tupinierii LESS., Motacilla 

 spinicauda GM., LESS. Ornith. PI. 74,, fig. 2, &c. 



Oxyrhamphus STRICKL., Oxyrhynchus TEMM. 



Note. To this family also are to be referred genera Sphenopyga 

 CABAN. (Anuribius LAFRESN.), Thripophaga CABAN. and Schizura 

 ejusd. (Sylviorthorhynchus DESMURS.) 



Sp. Schizura maluroides, Sylviorthorynchus Desmurii, DESM. PL peintes 45. 



Family XXXV. Eriodoridce CABANIS. Wings short, with 

 ten primaries. Cubital coverts short. Tarsi covered anteriorly 

 with a row of large scutes, posteriorly with a double row of scutes 



1 ILLIG. Prodrom. p. 213. 



