98 NANODES. 



large. Nostrils round, lateral, placed In the slightly 

 raised cere at the hase of the bill. Wings of mean 

 length, subacuminate, the first quill a little shorter 

 than the second and third, which are the longest and 

 nearly equal, second, third, and fourth quills with 

 their exterior webs slightly emarginate near the 

 middle. Tail graduated, cuneiform, slightly de- 

 pressed, the feathers gradually narrowing towards 

 the tip. . Feet slender, the tarsi and toes elongated ; 

 claws slightly hooked. 



The first specimen of this genus is the 



