CASSIDIX. 



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Genus CASSIDIX Less. 

 Cassidix Lesson, Traite cVOrn. ]). 433, 1831. Tvpe C. oryzivora (Gmol.). 



Fig. 202. — Cassidix oryzivora. 



This genus is easily recognised by the flattened euhuen on its 

 posterior portion, where it assumes the form of a frontal jilatc, 

 and the elongated feathers on the sides of the neck. The short 

 velvet-like feathers at the back of the nostrils are present as in 

 Cassicus. The bill is long and sharply pointed, the width and depth 

 at the base being nearly equal to half the length of the culmen. 

 The wing is slightly pointed, the first primary being longest, the 

 second 5 mm. shorter, the third 8 mm. shorter, and the fourth 

 19 mm. shorter than the first. The tail is rounded at the tip and 

 about two-thirds the length of the wing. The tarsus, whicii 

 exceeds the length of the exposed culmen, is equal in measurenu-nt 

 to the middle toe and claw. Coloration : male and female siniiliir. 



701. Cassidix oryzivora. 

 Kice-Urackle. 



Oriohts oryzlrorug Gmel. Sj'st. Nat. i. p. 386, 1788 (Cayenne). 



Sc(ij>hi(Iurfi alra Cab. in Schonib. Reis. Guian. iii. )>. GSIi, 1S48. 



Cassidix oryzivora Salviii, Ibis, iSSo, p. 211J ( Hartica Gnive) ; Solater, 

 Cat. H. Hrit. Mus. xi. p. 329, IH86 (Hartica Grove); Ll-n.l, 

 Timt'hri (2) xi. p. '), 181)7 (iicstinif habits); Brabouriif & Cluibb, 

 H. S. Amer. i. p. 434, no, 4460, 1912. 



