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yellow. Bill lengthened; the commissure sinuated_, and 

 the tip slightly depressed, (^fig. 55. «) 

 Inhabits Brazil. 



The Zanth. gasquet. and L. Suchii of authors. Total length 

 10 inches; bill, gape If^; front 1^'g ; wings nearly 5; tail 

 beyond 2^: base 4|; tarsus l^''^; hind toe and claw 1. 



72. Leistes hremrostris. 



Brown : body beneath, lesser wing covers, and rump, 

 yellow. Bill short; culmen convex ; the tip of the upper 

 mandible slightly bent over the lower, {fig. 55. c) 



Inhabits Brazil. 



The Oriolus bicolor of the Paris Museum. Rather smaller 

 than the next, particularly in the length of the bill, which only 

 measures one inch from the gape : neither the culmen nor the tip 

 is depressed or flattened : can it possibly be a young bird of 

 the last ? 



73. Leistes tenuirostris. 



Olive brown : body beneath, and iirst row of the 

 lesser wing covers, yellow : rump brown. Bill slender ; 

 the commissure not sinuated; the tip considerably 

 depressed. ( fig. 54. d) 



Inhabits Brazil. 



The Oriolus draco of the Paris Museum. Nearly the size of 

 the last ; but the bill is much more slender, the rump is olive 

 brown, the wings are more pointed, and the tail less rounded : 

 sides of the body, crest, thighs, and under tail covers, olive 

 brown. 



74. Leistes niger. 



Entirely glossy black, without reflections. Feathers 

 of the head and neck pointed: bill 1 [ inch long: wings 

 5^ inches. 



Inhabits Chili. Mus. Nost. 



Total length about 10 inches ; bill, from the gape 1| ; front 

 the same; wings 5k; tail, beyond, 2^; base 4|; tarsus 1^ ; 

 hinder toe and claw 1. Bill very straight, much depressed, and 

 advancing very far upon the forehead. 



75. Leistes unicolor. 



Male entirely black: female, above, dark rufous brown, 



