RAMPHOCINCLUS — MAUGAR0P8. 



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RAMPHOCINCLUS, Laprbsnatb. 



liamphocinclun, Lafr. R. Z. 1843, 6G. (Type Turdus brachyurm, Vieill.) 



Uill longer than the ht^ad, notched ; culiuen and oommiHBure considerably 

 (Ifcurved from the baae ; gonya Hlightly ho. HiotUH with uhort bristles. Tarsus 

 lengthened, longer than the bead or the middle toe ; the soutellce fused into 

 one }ilate, or faintly indicated. Wings rather pointed, longer than the tail ; 

 1st primary more than half the longest ; 2d about equal to the 9th. Tail 

 rounded, the lateral feather graduated ; the feathers generally rather narrow, 

 with quite narrow outer web. ^ 



Tills interesting genus is well marked among its fellows, and will 

 readily be recognized The single species in pattern of coloration 

 (closely resembles Melanotis Jiypoleucits, and should perhaps be 

 l)laced very near it, having sooty brown where the other has blue. 

 It differs, however, in much more curved, and longer bill ; shorter, 

 narrower, and less rounded tail, with narrower outer webs, etc. 



Ramphocinclus lira city iiriis. 



Turdus brachyurus, Vikill. Nouv. Diet. XX, 255. — Ib. Encycl. M6th. 

 1821, GSf). — Ramphocynclas brachyurun, Lafr. R. Z. 1843, 6i). — 

 ScLATBR, P. Z. S. 1859, 338.— Ib. Catal. 18(il, 7, no. 4A.— Cinclo- 

 certhia brarhyurn, Sclater, P. Z. 8. Ib55, 213. „ 



Zoothera cinclops, Bp. Consp. 259. 



Total length, 8.00; wing, 4.00; tail, 3,50; graduation, .4.'5 ; outer web of 

 lateral feathers one-fourth the inn«#; exposed portion of Ist primary, 1.60; 

 of 2d, 2.50; of longest (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 3.00; 

 length of bill from forehead, 1.15, from nostril, .70 ; along gape, 1.34 ; tarsus, ' 

 1.20; middle toe and claw, 1.00; claw alone, .30; hiud toe and claw, .72; 

 claw alone, .37. 



MARQAROPS, Sclater. 



Marf)arops, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, 335. (Type Turdus /uscntun, Vieill.) 



Cichlalopia, Bon. R. Z. 1857, 205, not of C. R. 1854, XXXVIII, 1 (which 



was based on Turdus vufpinus, Hart. =-: Rhodinocincla rosea). 



Bill very large and stout, with a distinct notch ; longer than the head ; 

 culmen curving gently from base, and more abruptly towards tip ; commis- 

 sural edge of upper jaw also much curved, so that the whole lower jaw, 

 except at the base, falls inside of the chord connecting the two ends of the 

 arc. Rictal bristles short, and scant ; more so than in Mimocichla. 



