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Genus MEGARHYNCHUS Thunb. 



MegarTiynchus Thunberg, Diss, de Gen. Megarh., Upsakt 1824. Type 

 M. pitangua (Linn.). 



Fig. 85. — MegarJiynchus pitangua. 



This genus is distinguished chiefly by the peculiar shape of the 

 bill, which is more or less boat-shaped, the upper mandible is 

 hooked, the width at the base being about two-thirds the length of 

 the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, the second, third, and 

 fourth primaries longest and equal, the first intermediate in length 

 between the sixth and seventh. Tail square at the tip and about 

 seven-ninths the length o£ the wing. The tarsus, which is pro- 

 portionately short, is about equal in length to that o£ the middle toe 

 and claw. Coloration : male and female similar. 



487. Megarhynclius pitang'ua. 

 Pitangua Flycatcher. 



LaniuB pitangua Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 136, 1766 (Brazil). 



Megarhynchus pitangua Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 296 (Boraima, 3500 ft.) 

 Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 189, 1888 (Eoraima) ; Quelch, 

 Timehri (2) v. p. 89, 1891 (Georgetown) ; Brabourne & Chubb, 

 B. S. Amer. i. p. 295, no. 3006, 19i2. 



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