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Genus MEGAEHYNCHUS Thunb. 



Meg arhyn chits Thunbevg, Diss, de Gen. 

 M. pitancjua (Limi.). 



Megarh., Upsala, 1S24. Type 



Fig. 85. — MegarTiyncTius pitangua. 



This genus is distinguished chiefly by the peculiar shape o£ the 

 bill, which is more or less boat-shaped, the upper mandible is 

 hooked, the width at the base being about two-thirds the length of 

 the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, the second, third, and 

 fourth primaries longest and equal, the first intermediate in length 

 between the sixth and seventh. Tail square at the tip and about 

 seven-ninths the length of the wing. The tarsus, which is pro- 

 portionately short, is about e(|ual in length to that of the middle toe 

 and claw. Coloration : male and female similar. 



487. Megarhynclius pitangua. 



Pitangua Flycatcher. 



Lanius pitangua Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 136, 1766 (Brazil). 

 Megarhynchus pitangna Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 296 (Knraima, 3500 ft.") 



Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 189, 1888 (Km-aima) ; Qnelch. 



Timehri (2) v. p. S9, 1S91 (Georgetown); Brabourne & Chubb, 



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VOL. II. 



Amer. i. p. 295, no. 3006, 1912. 



