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GENUS CXXXIV— GYMNODERES, Geoffrov. 



Hostrum breve, validum, 

 basi latissimum ; mandi- 

 bula superior subineur- 

 vata. 



Caput plumis velutinis tec- 

 tum. 



Collum partim nudum. 



Beak short, stout, very broad 

 at the base ; the tipper 

 mandible rather incurved. 



Head clothed with velvety 



feathers. 

 Neck partly naked. 



Native of America, and feeds chiefly upon fruits. 



Sp. 1 . Gy. foetidus. 



Gracula nudicollis. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 463. — Gracula foetida. 

 Shaxv, v. vii. p. 466. — South America. 



GENUS CXXXV.— QUERULA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum basi vibrissis et 

 pennis antrorsum directis 

 ornatum, valde depressum, 

 trigonum, supra infraque 

 convexum, versus apicem 

 curvatum ; mandibula in- 

 ferior apice recurvata,gra- 

 cillima, acutissima. 



Cotinga, pars. Cuvier. 



The birds of this genus are all natives of America ; 

 they fly in flocks, and subsist almost exclusively on 

 insects. 



Beak furnished at the base 

 with bristles and feathers 

 pointing forwards, much 

 depressed, trigonal, con- 

 vex above and beneath, 

 curved towards the tip; 

 the lower mandible with 

 its tip recurved, very slen- 

 der and acute. 



Sp. 1 . Qu. rubricollis. 

 Muscicapa rubricollis. 



Steph. v. x.p. 293. 



