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Genua I \ . Psilorh imphi - 



Leptorhynehus, Men. Mon, Wyioth. p. 515. 

 Psilorhamphus, Sclater, P. /. 8. 1855, p. 90. 



Rostrum rectum, tenue, elongatum, ut in genere sequente, sed bre 

 oius } narium membrana obtectarum apertura basalt, laterali, 

 elongata : alts breves rotundatai, remige quinta eeata et sep- 

 limn longissimis : eaudte longa rectricibus decern graduates: 

 tarsi longi, graciles, laves, acrotarsiis et paratarsiis integris 

 si': us similes. 

 I am not confident of this being the right position tor the present 

 and the next following genus. Their members are very peculiar 

 birds, in the formation of the nostrils quite different from the rest 

 of the family, and might perhaps he more naturally placed as B 

 distinct subfamily of Vtcraplochidce. Here, and again in the genus 

 Heterocnemis, there is little external difference between the appear* 

 ance of these birds and the true Wrens. 



1. PSILOIIHAMPHUS GUTTATUS. 



Leptorhynehus guttatus, Men. Mon.Myioth.p. 516. pi. 10. fig. 1. 

 Ramphocamus guttatus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 73. 

 Psihrhampkus guttatus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 185.">, p. 90. 



Supra cinereus, iiropygio et alis extus rii/escentibus : dorso, tec- 

 tricibus et secundariis alarum, et cavda punctis minutis albis 

 irroratis : subtus dilutior, ventre medio albescentiorc et nigro 

 punctato : hypoehondriis et crisso rufescentioribus et nigro 

 transversim Uneatis : cavda albo terminal a : rostra superiore 

 nigro, inferiors cum pedibus flavis. 



Long, tota .">•:;, alee 20, caudie 2*3, rostri a rictu 0*8, tarsi Id. 



llab. Cuyaba, Brazil (Lanc/.sdorf). 



Mas. P. L.S. 



I have never met with but one example of this curious bird, which 

 is now in my own collection. 



GenUS V. RllAMI'IKH'lAI -. 



Ramphocanus, Vieill. Xouv. Diet. xxix. p. 6(1818). 



dcontistes, Sund. Kongl. Vet. Acad. Ilandl. is;i.'>, p. y5. 



Scolopacinus, Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 118. 



Rostrum rectum, tenue, longiusquam caput, ad basin latum, '//nm, 

 versus compressum ,• narium apertura basali, laterali, longa, 

 membrana partim obtecta ■ acrotarsiis obsolete dtvisis, para- 

 tarsiis integris : cauda longa, valde graduata ■, rectricibus solum 

 decern. 



1. Rn ami'ikk BNUS mi.i.wi i:i B. 



Rhamphocanus melanurus, Vieill. N. Diet. \\i\. p.G , line M< : ih. 

 p. B63; Gal. Ois. ii. pi. 128; Burm. Syst. I eb. p. 71. 

 Myiothera longirostris, Licht. in nius. Berol. 

 Troglodytes rectirostris, 8w. Zool. 111. jil. I 10. 

 Troglodytes gladiator, Max, Beitr. iii. p. 752. 



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