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brown above, with black irregular spots ; tliroat red, edg'ed with lihick. 

 Seven inches long. Inhabits New Holland. 



Gemcsi.—DENDROCOL,Al'TES.—Hennan. 



Generic Character.— TiiW depressed, trigonal at the base, straight or bent, 

 with an acute point ; nostrils basal, lateral ; tongue short, cartilaginous ; taii 

 conical, with stiff acuminated feathers ; external toe adhering to the inter- 

 mediate one as far as the joint of the second phalange, the internal toe very 

 short ; claws hooked, and with a longitudinal furrow. 



Bendrocolaptes procurvus. — The Crooked Billed Dendrocolaptes. Plate 

 xlvii*. fig. 1. Head, neck, and scapulars, olive-brown, with interrupted white 

 longitudinal stripes ; wings and tail reddish-brown ; breast, abdomen, and 

 crissura, olive-biown, with white stripes ; bill rufous, greatly curved. Ten 

 inches and a half long. Inhabits Brazil. 



Genus 5.— XENOPS.— //ftg-er. 



Generic Character.— E\\\ short, slender, much compressed, subulate and 

 acute ; tips of both mandibles recurved ; nostrils basal, lateral, and covered 

 by a naked membrane ; lateral toes of equal length ; external toe adhering to 

 the intermediate toe, as far as the second joint; claws strong, compressed, 

 and liooked ; tail cuneiform. 



Xenops geniOarbis— The Xenops. Plate xxxvii*. fig. 4 Reddish-brown 

 above, gray-brown on the under parts ; gena, ophthalmic region, throat, and 

 breast, white, with a white spot under the ear-coverts; medium quills 

 brown-black, with reddish margins. Four inches and a half long. Inliabits 

 Brazil. 



Genus 6.~Ai^ ABATES.— Tem}ni7icrc. 



Generic Character. — Bill straight, not so long as the head, compressed, 

 and deeper than broad at the base, somewhat bent at the point ; nostrils 

 basal, lateral, ovate, and hidden by a feathered membrane; tarsus longer 

 than the middle toe ; the exterior toe adhering to the length of the joint 

 of the second phalange ; the interior one joined at the base ; wings short. 



Anahates leucophrus. — The White-Browed Anabates. Plate xxx. fig. 7. 

 Upper parts umber.brown ; throat pale oclireoiis-yellow ; cheeks, neck, 

 breast, and abdomen, uniber-brown, paler towards the crissum ; tail rich 

 ochre-red ; a white streak extends over each eye, to nearly the occiput ; bill 

 yellow-brown ; feet and legs dusky. Nine inches and a half long. Inhabits 

 Brazil. 



Gen7^«7.— OPETIORHYNCHUS.— re»27nmcA:. 



Generic Character.—BiW somewhat longer than tlie head, slender and subu- 

 late, depressed at the base, and compressed at the tip ; nostrils lateral, a 

 little way from the base of the bill, half closed by a naked membrane ; 

 tongue short, cartilaginous; tarsus double the length of the middle toe; 

 lateral toes of equal length, the exterior one adhering at the base; wings 

 short ; the first three feathers graduated, the third and fourth longest ; tail 

 short, and somewhat graduated. 



Opptiorhynchm rttftis. The Reddish Opetiorhynchns. Plate xxix.** fig. 8. 

 Reddish ; darker on the upper parts, and inclining to pale- yellow beneatii ; 

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