DOLICHONYX. 



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Genus DOLICHONYX tS wains. 



Doliclwni/x Swainson, Zool. Jouni. iii. pL 3-31. Ib27. Type U. orifzi- 

 varus (Linn.). 



Fig. 203. — DoUclionyx orijzi varus. 



This monotypic genus is easily distinguished by the peculiar 

 shape oE the tail-feathers and by its long and slender claws. The 

 bill is stout and pointed ; its depth and width at the base are about 

 two-thirds the length of the exposed culmen. The wing is slightly 

 pointed, the two outer primaries being longest and equal. The tail 

 is rounded at the tip, each feather being acuminated and about 

 two-thirds the length of the wing. 1'he tarsus, which is pro- 

 ])ortionately long, is about equal in length to the middle toe and 

 claw. < 'oloration : male and female different. 



7(»2. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. 



HoUtJl.INK. 



Fr'nujiUa onjzivora Linn. Sysi. Nat. i. p. 179, 17o<S (C'liba). 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus Salvin, Iljis, 1HN5, p. 218 (Caniaousa) ; Sclater, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mu.s. xi. p. \i'M, 1886 (Camacusa); Quelch, Timehri 

 (2) X. p. 2m, 1896; Brahourne & Chubb, B. fc>. Anier. i. p. 434, 

 no. 4168, 1912. 



Adult male, ('rown of head, sides of face, throat, and entire 

 under surface^ including the under buil'ace of the wing, black, 

 Vdi,. 11. 2 



