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pularibus marginibusque exterioribus remigum lete castaneis 
subtus genisque cinereis ; rostro atro, pedibus cinereis. 
Long. tot. 42 unc. ; ros. fron. $ unc. ; tarsi 3 unc. 
This is the smallest species of the genus with which I am ac- 
quainted. The above three species differ in the comparative length 
of the bill, but as they agree in the structure of the wings, feet and 
tail, I am unwilling to increase the number of genera by subdividing 
them. 
PHILENTOMA, 0. g. 
Rostrum capite zequale ad apicem incisum latum depressum lateribus 
tumidis, ad basin setis longis armatis nares ovales. 
Tarsi mediocres digiti externi vix longiores quam interni posteriores 
medios zquantes, ungues compressi, posteriores longissimi, scuta 
tarsi indivisa. 
Ale rotundatz prima penna remigum spuria, secunda breviore tertia, 
tertia duabus proximis inter se eequalibus. 
Cauda mediocris rotundata tectricibus superioribus mollibus et longis. 
The above genus has the bill of nearly the same form as in Musci- 
peta, but the long and soft feathers at the base of the tail at once 
distinguish it from that genus. 
Philentoma castaneum. P. capite pectore dorsoque superiore azureis, 
gula cauda marginibusque rectricum alarum castaneis, ventre tec- 
tricibusque inferioribus caudz albis ferrugineo leviter tinctis, tec- 
tricibus superioribus caudz elongatis mollibus et ferrugineo-cine- 
reis ; rostro atro, pedibus corneis. 
Long. tot. 64 unc. ; tarsi 7 lin.; ros. fron. 7 lin.; ros. latum 4 lin. 
Fem. mari similis, sed capite pectore dorsoque superiore cinereis, et 
rostro corneo. 
Picus rubiginosus. P. capite gula subtusque brunneis fronte palli- 
diore collo capistro coccineo circumdato nisi anteriore parte, dorso 
brunneo verticibus pennarum sordide rubiginosis remigibus mar- 
ginibus exterioribus rubiginosis interioribus fuscis, totiusque fasciis 
angustis brunneis transversatis, cauda atra ; rostro flavo, pedibus 
atris. 
Long. tot. 8 unc. ; ros. fron. 1,5 unc.; tarsi 10 lin. 
Dendrocopus sordidus. D. gula genis paucisque pennarum cristze 
sordide cinereis reliquis criste verticeque flavo brunneo, dorso re- 
migibusque secondariis atris, marginibus flavo-albis remigibus pri- 
mariis caudaque atris, uropygio marginibusque pennarum tectri- 
cum inferiorum caudz flavo-albis tinctis ; rostro pedibusque atris. 
Long. tot. 54 unc.; ros. fron. 2 unc. ; tarsi 7 lin. 
Fem. mari similis, sed crista verticeque totius cinereis. 
Tripsurus auritus. 'T. ater fronte verticeque cinereis brunneis leviter 
tinctis, occipite atro vix cristato lateribus utrinque macula parva 
coccinea, dorso alis caudaque atris, illo immaculato, his transver- 
satis et maculatis albo, subtus sordide albus mediis pennarum atris, 
rostro pedibusque atris. 
Long. tot. 43 unc. ; ros. fron. 7 lin. ; tarsi £ unc. 
