490 Mr. Strickland’s Commentary 
The Myzantha garrula (Lath.), Vig., seems to be sufficiently di- 
stinct in structure from Manorhina, to form the type of a genus 
which will stand as Myzanrna, Vig. (restr.), < Merops, Lath., < 
Gracula, Lath., < Manorhina, Wag]. ; type, M. garrula (Lath.), Vig. 
(M. cucullatus, Lath., G. melanocephala, Lath., Manorhina melano- 
cephala, Wagl.). 
Psophodes seems to have much more affinity to the Crateropodine 
than to the Manorhinine. 
To the synonyms of Eidopsarus add < Sturnus, Wagl. The £. 
bicinctus, Sw., is the Sturnus virescens, Wagl., which latter specific 
name has the priority. 
I have shown above that the name Melithreptus ought to super- 
sede Drepanis ; therefore the name Hematops, Gould, may be rein- 
stated. 
Mr. Gray seems to be justified in cancelling the name Opetio- 
rhynchus, Tem., because it is a mere synonym of Furnarius, Vieill. 
P.17. Ought not the name Philydor, Spix, 1824; to supersede 
Dendroma, Swains., 1837? I possess specimens of three species of 
Philydor, Spix, in all which the tip of the bill is bent down as in 
Dendroma, Sw., not straight as in Anabates, Tem. (restr. ). 
The genus Oxyrhynchus, Tem., is a difficult group to classify, but 
its structure and style of colouring show that it has no affinity to the 
Certhiade. 1am most disposed to place it in or near the Jcterine. 
The name Oxyrhynchus was given by Leach to a genus of fish, in 
1818. (See Tuckey’s Congo, p. 410.) Ichthyologists must decide 
whether that genus can stand; but if so, of course a new name must 
be found for the bird before us, which might be called Oxyrham- 
hus. 
; According to my observations, the original Xenops genibarbis of 
Illiger (Prodromus, p. 213) agrees with Neops ruficauda, Vieill., but 
is neither the X. genibarbis, Tem., nor the X. genibarbis, Sw. Tem- 
minck’s bird should therefore be called X. hoffmanseggii, Cuv. ; and 
Swainson’s, which he afterwards named X. affnis, is the X. deters 
Licht., 1823. 
P.18. Mr. Gray is quite right in making Gracula cayanensis, Gm., * 
the type of Dendrocolaptes, Herm. (restr.), because it agrees with 
Illiger’s definition of that genus; but should not the genus Dendro- 
cops, Sw., be united with it? ITlliger’s character, ‘‘ rostrum rectum, 
culmine ad apicem deflexo,’’ applies equally to Dendrocops, Sw. Den- 
drocolaptes, as restricted by Swainson, does not agree with Illiger’s 
character, but is a distinct form, which may be included in Picolaptes, 
Less. 
For Ziphorhynchus and Zenophasia write Xiphorhynchus and Xeno- 
phasia. 
Climacteris and Tichodroma belong to the Sittine rather than to 
the Certhiane, their tails not being scansorial. 
P.19. It appears to me, judging from the totality of its charac- 
ters, combined with its habitat, that Orthonyx is merely a scanso- 
rial form of the Crateropodine, allied to Psophodes and Dasyornis. 
I would also place Menura in the same region of the Natural System. 
