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AMBLYRAMPHUS*. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Rostrum rectum, subconicum, apice obtuso, depresso. 
Pedes simplices, ambulatoru digitis tribus anticis, uno 
postico. 
AMBLYRAMPHUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Beak strait, somewhat conic, point obtuse, depressed. 
Feet simple, formed for walking, with three toes before, 
and one behind. 
This genus differs from Oriolus (Oriole), in having the 
point of the beak rounded and depressed instead of sharp. 
The bare spot in the forehead behind the base of the upper 
mandible terminates in a point, as in the genuine Orioles. 
Iam induced to consider this as a distinct genus, rather 
from the opinion of others, than from my own judgment; 
but as all the known species of Oriole have the point of 
their beaks acute, this distinction of form may prove to be 
a very natural and important generic character, 
* Ab ApPavs, obtusus, (blunt), et fap$os, rostrum, (a beak). 
