434 



REVIEW or AMEBICAN niUDS. 



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not attenunted. Tu.i umarginatHd, and Htill ninro rounded. Dill ratlior Htmit, 

 and Houiuwiiat Thruxh-Iike ; broad, much depivH^ed, and with mouth (ltf|<ly 

 clnft, innuh as in Myiaurstes, but duepor aii(*. Htouter in inuportion. Oohvh 

 about two-tlftliri the h)w«r udge of h>wf r ninndiblu. Frontal and rictal hrisiltjit 

 wt«ll developMd. Feut short; tarHU8 about ttqual to middlo too, without hoq- 

 tellar divinion, excepting two platea at 1 wer end, both sides of which alHO 

 exhibit Blifiht indication of Biniilar diviHion. Lateral toes about equal, their 

 chiWB reaching to base of middle claw. BaHal phalanx ot middle toe united 

 for a very little more than half to rattier leMH than half the basal pliHinnx 

 of inner toe, and for two-tliirda itH length to one and a half Joints of outer: 

 thid phalanx a little shorter than the baaal of inner toe. 



The relatioiLship of tliis genus to Mi/iadeHles is very close, and 

 Rcema to connect the group with the Txirdidue. Tho body is fuller; 

 the basal joints of the middle toes a very little more united ; tho 

 bill stouter, stronger, and deeper; the plumage more compact, niul 

 the wing lacks the peculiar pattern across the base and outer edges 

 of the quills, having instead the lighter rusty edgings at the base 

 inside, so common in the Turdidee. Tho outer quills lack the 

 attenuation of typical Myiadeatea, but resemble almost exactly those 

 of M. unicolor. In fact the only tangible differences are in the 

 stouter bill, rather more united toes, more compact plumage, and 

 absence of wing p tteru. 



Dr. Cuban is gives, as one of the characters of Cichlopsis, tho 

 tarsi distinctly scutellate. In Dr. Sclater's specimen, however, the 

 tarsi are as much booted as in the genuine Thrushes. The basal 

 joints of the middle toe are united a very little more than in Turdidee,; 

 but, on the other hand, in Myiadestes proper, these are as deeply 

 cleft as in the Thrushes. 



The young of Cichlopsis are probably spotted, as in Myiadattes, 

 judging from the indications of the adult. 



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Cichlopsis leucogonys. 



Cichlopsis lencoijenys, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1850-1, 54 (Brazil). 

 Cichlopsis lencoi/vtiys, " Cab.," Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, 6 ; 1858, 642 



(rectification).— Is. Catal. 1861, 48, no. 291. 

 Myiadestes lencotis, Bon. Consp. 1850, 336 (not of Tschpdi). 

 Myiocichla ochrata, Bon. Comp. Rend. XXXVIII, 1854, 6, and Notes 



Del. 30 (Brazil). 

 r?" THrdumpeHs lanioides, Less. Echo do Monde Sav. 1844, 1 56"(Sclater). 

 ? f Turdumpelis riifococcyx, Less. Desc. Mam. et Ois. 1847, 324 (Sclater). 

 Hab. Brazil. 



(No. 29l«, Sclater Coll.) Wing rather longer than tail, which is inodt'rntely 

 eraarginated and still more graduated ; the feathers broad. First ijuill about 

 two-fifths the 2d, not quite one-third the longest (4th and 5tL) ; 2d inter- 



