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of the melanopterus in vol. xii. p. 180, &c. of this 

 work ; the quotations from Wilson must therefore 

 be expunged, and united to the present bird. 



Hi. melanurus. VieiUot, Enc. Meth. 



Hi. vertice, dorso, uropygio, corporeque subtus albis; occipite, 



alls, Cauda rostroque nigris ; pedibus rubris. 

 Longshanks with the crown, back, rump, and body beneath white; 



the occiputj wings, tail, and beak black ; the legs red. 



Inhabits Paraguay. It has the irides crimson : 

 the top of the head white, this colour communicating 

 by an angle to the mouth and throat, the fore part 

 of the neck, under side of the body, and the back 

 and rump : the tail is black, as are also the wings, 

 the sides and hind part of the head, and the under 

 part of the neck ; at the base of the latter is a white 

 half collar : some individuals, probably females or 

 young, have the back of a dusky hue. 



Hi. leiicurus. VieiUot, Enc. Meth. 



Hi. vertice nigro; alis supra subimque nigro et albo variis: caudd 



rostroque nigris ; pedibus rujis. 

 Longshanks with the crown black; ihe wings above and beneath 



varied with black and white 3 the tail and beak black j the legs 



red. 



Inhabits Mexico. This is rather larger than the 

 European species : it has the top of the head black, 

 the wings varied with black and white, both above 

 and below, and the tail entirely black. 



GENUS CCCLXXVIH— (EDICNEMUS, Cuvier. 

 THICK-KNEE. 



Generic character : vide Stcpk. v, xi. p. 458. 



