CERTHIADiE. 



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Pedes longiores: tarsi dimi- 

 dio longius quam digitus 

 medius: digiti exteriores 

 basi coaliti, laterales 

 asquales. 



Legs long : tarsi half the 

 length of the middle toe: 

 the outer toes united at 

 the base, the lateral ones 



Sp. 1. Op. rufus. 



Merops rufus. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 182 — South America. 



GENUS CCXLVL— OXYRHYNCHUS, Temminck. 

 SHARPBILL. 



Rostrum breve, rectissimum, 

 basi trigonum, ultra basin 

 attenuatum, apice acutissi- 

 mum : mandibula superior 

 suprd rotundata; utrisque 

 integris. 



Nares basales, nudse, mem- 

 brana partim tectae, aper- 

 ture linear! ad marginera 

 rostri approximante. 



Pedes breves, validi, digito 

 wefZio longiores; digitisan- 

 terioribus tribus, exteriore 

 connexo, interiore fisso ; 

 halluce vaUdo. 



Beak short, very straight, 

 trigonal at the base, at- 

 tenuated beyond the base, 

 the tip very acute : the 

 upper mandible rounded 

 above ; both intire. 



Nostrils basal, naked, partly 

 clothed by a membrane, 

 the aperture linear and ap- 

 proaching to the margin 

 of the beak. 



Legs short, stout, longer than 

 the middle toe : three toes 

 in front, the outer one con- 

 nected, the inner cleft ; 

 the hinder one stout. 



The name of this genus should be changed, Oxy- 

 rhynchus being preoccupied by a genus of Vermes. 



Sp, 1 . Ox. flammiceps. Temm. PL Col. 1 25 . 

 Ox, supra olivaceo-viridis, subtusflavescente-albus, maculis tiigres- 

 centibus; capite crista coccined incumbente ; capitis lateribus lineis 



transversim Jlavescentibus . 



