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Genus XENOPS Illig. 

 Xenops Illiger, Prodr. p. 213, 1811. Type X. genilarlis Illig. 



Fig. 46. — Xenops geniharhis. 



This genus is distinguished by its small size, narrow bill, and 

 upturned lower mandible. The wing is rather pointed, the third 

 and fourth primaries longest, the second equal to the fifth, and 

 the first between the sixth and seventh. The tail is proportion- 

 ately long and graduated, the middle feathers slightly longest, 

 the feathers are broad and soft in texture, and about four-fifths 

 the length of the wiHg. The tarsus is about equal in length to 

 that of the middle toe and claw. Coloration : male and female 

 similar. 



421. Xenops genibarbis. 



Whiskered Eectjeved-bill. 



Xenops geniharhis Illig. Prodr. p. 213, 1811 (Cameta, Brazil) ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 420 (Bartioa Grove, Camacusa, Roraima, 3500 ft.) ; 

 ■ Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. p. 110, 1890 (Bartica Grove, Cama- 

 cusa) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 245, no. 2489, 191 2. 



Adult male. Back and upper wing-coverts rust-brown ; head 

 rather darker with pale shaft-streaks to the feathers ; lesser 



