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GENUS CCLXIIl.—DACNIS. Cuvier. 



Rostrum mediocre, basi latius 

 quam altum, versus api- 

 cera subemarginatum, acu- 

 tum. 



Nares basales, ovatae, mem- 

 brana nuda tectse. 



Cauda mediocris, emarginata, 

 rectricibus duodecim sub- 

 paribus. 



Beak moderate, broader than 

 high at the base, some- 

 what emarginated towards 

 the tip, acute. 



Nostrils basal, acute, covered 

 by a membrane. 



Tail moderate, emarginate, 

 composed of twelve nearly 

 equal feathers. 



Sp. 1. Da, Cayana. 



Sylvia Cayana. Steph. v. x. p. 655 ; male. — Sylvia cyanoce- 

 phala. Steph. v. x. p. 684 ; female. — Nectarinia cyauocephala. 

 Sivain. Zool. Illust. v. ii. fl. 117. — Guiana and Brazil. 



GENUS CCLXIV.— FURNARIUS. Vieillot. 



Rostrum capite brevior, 

 altius quam latum, latera- 

 tim compressum, subar- 

 cuatum, acutum. 



Lmgua mediocre, recta. 



Ales debiles. 



Pollex latus. 



Beak shorter than the head, 

 higher than broad, late- 

 rally compressed, rather 

 arcuated, acute. 



Tongue moderate-, straight* 



Wings weak. 



Hind-toe broad. 



I RATHER suspect that this genus is synonymous 

 with Opetiorhynchus of Temminck ; noticed in page 

 198 of this vol. : the species hereunder enumerated 

 are from the Regne Animal, v. i. p. 410. 



A. Caudd mquali. 



A, With the tail even. 



