MICR0CERCULU8. 



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before me, and to detormine wlicther the sections shall be considered 

 o.s of j^cneric or nuTcly Hubgcneric importance. For the prcsuut it 

 will be more conveuieut to consider thuni as geiioru. 



(Tyi.e 



C'yplioriniis la^vrencii* 



Ct/phorinus canttms', Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lyo. VII, 293 (not of Caranis). 

 Cyphorinus lawrencii, ScL. MSS. Lawukncb, Ann. N. Y. Lye. VIII, 18«3, 

 no. 373. 



llab. Isthmus of Panama. 



Aleve rtiddish-oHve, tlie feathers very obsoletely, almost unappreciaMy, 

 Btnaked and waved with dusky. Kxpoaed surface of wing and tail barred 

 distinctly with black. Featliera of forehead tinged with reddish at l)as«>. 

 Chin, ears, throat, and upper part of jngnluni lirownish-n-d ; rest of under 

 parts grayish-olive, tinged on the sides and crissuni with rufous. Lining of 

 wing like throat, hut paler. The angle of the chin and tho side of the lower 

 jaw dusky. A female specimen is similar, but smaller, and lighter on the 

 middle of tlie belly. 



Total length, r).0(>; wing, 2.50; tail, 1.55; length of bill from forehead, .90, 

 from nostril, .GO; along ga|)e, . ^; tarsus, 1.00; middle toe and claw, .93; 

 hiud toe and claw, .72; claw alone, .35. 



This species was first referred by Mr. Lawrence to C. cantons (r= 

 ?n».t/r«.s), but on sending specimens to Dr. Sciaicr, this gentleman 

 decided them to belong to a new species which he named C. law- 

 rencii. C. musicus (Cuyc^nne) difltu's in having the breast and bidly 

 yellowish-white; the ears streaked with black and white (Hiir- 

 ineistcr). C. vioJulator (Peru, etc.) is more like it, but much larger, 

 uiul has the rufous of throat extending further down the body, and 

 passing into whitish. 



(S7.) Type. 



, ' ■' 1 ' M.> 



' ' MICROCERCULUS, Solatkr. 



Mkrocerciilus, Sclateu, Catal. Am. Birda, 1 8(51, 19. (Type Tiiriius hamhla, Bonn.) 



Otiueral appearance of Cyphorinus, the tail still shorter, in type less than 

 half the wings, the feathers soft; the end of outstretched tibia reaching the 

 tip of tail. Bill compressed ; the lieight about one-fourth the length ; culmen 

 nearly straight, not angulated or gibbous at base ; tip notched, quite abruptly 

 deeurved Nostrils apparently double^ or with two openiuga ou «ach side. 

 8 August, 1804. 





