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genus %/t,tco/ft, are those only which have been described and 

 figured in the American Ornithology. 



351 . Le Galapiot. We omitted to cite this as the type of our sub- 

 genus, Dendroplex. (Zool. Journ. 10, p. 354.) 



354. Merops Rufus. The food and habits of this bird, and of all its 



true congenors, place them with the Saxkolince. They live 

 only upon the ground, from which they extract insects from 

 beneath the surface. 



355. The Black and Yellow Creeper. We have, from personal obser- 

 vation distinctly stated this bird to be truly mellifa^ous; and 

 belonging to the Tenuirostres of M. Cuvier. Upon what 

 grounds, therefore, it is placed by the continuator of Shaw's 

 Zoology (in which work our original figure is copied) in the 

 genus Furnarius, we cannot comprehend. The one is never 

 seen upon the ground, the others are never seen upon trees. 



3S4. Epimachus Superba. A recent inspection of this magnificent 

 bird enables us to state that its generic characters are totally 

 different from those of Ptiloris. The two genera do not, in all 

 probability, belong to the same family. 



412. Dacelo Cinnamoninus, Swain. 111. p. 67. This name is 

 not ours. The plate referred to represents Halcyon Cin- 

 namominus. Notwithstanding the doubts expressed in our 

 description, that it might be advisable to consider Halcyon 

 and Dacelo as one genus, subsequent consideration induced 

 us long ago to keep these groups distinct, an arrangement which 

 has been adopted by subsequent writers. It is also a mistake to 

 suppose that our Halcyon Cinnamoninus belongs to the division 

 " from which Dr. Leach formed his genus Dacelo," the Doctor 

 having applied this name solely to the Great Brown Kingfisher, 

 which is typical of that group which immediately follows the 

 above cited paragraph (see Leach Zool. Mis. 2 tab. 106). The 

 genus Halcyon was first proposed in 1820, and a perusal of its 

 definition, (Zool. 111. 1st Series, vol. I. pi. 27) will satisfy the 

 reader that it is especially/ formed to include those Linneean 



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