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CHARITILLAS’ gen. nov. 
Chars. gen.—Similar to Stelgidillas, but bill much shorter, the 
height at base more than one-third the exposed culmen, the culmen 
ridged and curved from base; tarsus relatively shorter; frontal 
feathering not extending beyond posterior edge of nostrils; nuchal 
hairs much shorter ; rictal and nasal bristles longer. 
Description.—Tail nine-tenths of wing; throat feathers not length- 
ened; tarsus scutellate; wing 434 times the length of tarsus; tarsus 
about 11% times the exposed culmen; head not crested; nuchal hairs 
very short—scarcely noticeable, little if any branched; rictal bristles 
reaching half the length of bill; bill short, moderately slender, some- 
what compressed, higher than broad at anterior edge of nostrils, 
about equal in height and breadth at base, its height at the latter 
point more than one-third the length of exposed culmen; culmen 
much ridged, curved from base; gonys only very slightly ascending ; 
maxillar tomium with several (4 to 5) conspicuous subterminal 
notches ; nostrils much lengthened, almost linear, strongly operculate ; 
the operculum bare of feathers, but the nostrils partially covered by 
the nasal bristles and antrorse frontal plumes; nasal bristles long 
and rather numerous. 
Type.—Andropadus gracilis CABANIS. 
The type and apparently sole species of this genus was hesitantly 
placed by the writer in Stelgidillas,? and the present examination 
shows that it certainly does not belong there; Dr. Sharpe has recently 
removed it to Eurillas? where it is still more out of place. From the 
latter genus Charitillas differs decidedly in its much lengthened, 
strongly operculate nostrils; much more slender and compressed 
bill, with more distinctly ridged culmen; relatively shorter tarsus ; 
shorter nuchal hairs; and somewhat weaker rictal bristles. 
The only species is: 
Charitillas gracilis (Cabanis) (= minor Bocage). 
STELGIDOCICHLA? gen. nov. 
Chars. gen.—Similar to Eurillas, but bill longer, relatively more 
narrow, its height at base equal to one-third the length of exposed 
culmen; culmen more ridged, and straight, or even slightly concave, 
except of course at tip; nostrils not quite so much rounded; nasal 
1 yapic, gratia; (Ada, , turdus. 
2 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, 1899, pp. 30-31. 
3 Ibis, 1904, p. 635. 
sorvesyic, strigilis; «/yvAy, turdus. 
