ORDER PASSERES. 34^ 



{Sphenura Striolata. Spix. 83, 2.) or Anabates 

 Striolatus. Tern. col. 238, f. 1. 



A long tail, much graduated, distinguishes this species 

 from its congeners. Brazil* 



Stnallaxis. Vieil. 



Whose bill is straight, but little elongated, much 

 compressed, slender, and pointed ; their tail is gene- 

 rally long, and ending in a point. 



There are some of them which have the stalks of 

 the tail feathers strong, and extending beyond the 

 barbs. 



Synallawis Ruficapilla. Vieil. Gal. 174 ; or, Paru- 

 lus Riificeps. Spix. 86, from which Synal. Albescens. 

 Temm. Col. 227, 2, et Cinerascens. lb. 3. do 

 not appear to me to differ specifically. 



Top of liead red ; back greenish-olive ; tail long and 

 graduated. Brazil. 



* Others enumerate, — 



Anabates Cristatus. Spix. 84. 

 An. Riififrons. Spix. 85, 1. 

 Philydor Ruficollis. Spix. 75. 

 Ph. Albogularis. Spix. 74. 

 Anabates Erythropthalmus. Newied. H. iii. 4?. 

 Anabates Leucophthalmus. Newied. iii. 22. 

 Anabates Atricapillus. Newied, iii. 43. 



Here should be added the genus Orthonyx, of Temmiiick, which has 

 the bill short, and nearly straight, not notched : nostrils lateral ; Tarsus 

 lengthened, &c. See Temminck. 

 Orthonyx Spinicaudatus. Temm. 



Also, 

 OxYRHYNcus. Tcmminck. 



Oxyrhyncvs Flavinuceps. Temm, 



O. Cristatus. Swainson. 



