RAMPHOCINCLUS — MARGAROPS. 



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RAMPHOCINCLUS, Lapkesnaye. 



Ramphocindus, Lafr. R. Z. 1843, 66. (Type Turdus brachyurus, Vieill.) 



Bill longer than tlie head, notched ; oulmen and commissure considerably 

 decurved from the base ; gonys slightly so. Eiotus with short bristles. Tarsus 

 lengthened, longer than the head or the middle toe ; the scutellae fused into 

 one plate, or faintly indicated. Wings rather pointed, longer than the tail; 

 1st primary more than half the longest ; 2d about equal to the 9th. Tail 

 rounded, the lateral feather graduated ; the feathers generally rather narrow, 

 with quite narrow outer web. 



This interesting genus is well marked among its fellows, and will 

 readily be recognized The single species in pattern of coloration 

 closely resembles Melanotis hypoleucus, and should perhaps be 

 placed very near it, having sooty brown where the other has blue. 

 It differs, however, in much more curved, and longer bill ; shorter, 

 narrower, and less rounded tail, with narrower outer webs, etc. 



Ramphocindus Ibracbyurus. 



Turdus brachyurus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XX, 255. — Is. Encyol. Meth. 

 1823, 655. — Eamphocynclus brachyurus, Lafk. R. Z. 1843, 66. — 

 ScLATER, P. Z. S. 1859, 338.— Ib. Catal. 1861, 7, no. 44.— CmcZo- 

 certhia brachyura, Solater, P. Z. S. 1855, 213. 



Zoothera cinclops, Bp. Consp. 259. 



Total length, 8.00 ; wing, 4.00 ; tail, 3.50 ; graduation, .45 ; outer web of 

 lateral feathers one-fourth the inner; exposed portion of 1st primary, 1.60 ; 

 of 2d, 2.60 ; of longest (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 3.00 ; 

 length of bill from forehead, 1.15, from nostril, .70 ; along gape, 1.34 ; tarsus, 

 1.20; middle toe and claw, 1.00; claw alone, .30; hind toe and claw, .72; 

 claw alone, .37. 



MARGAROPS, Sclater. 



Margarops, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, 335. (Type Turdus fuscatus, Vieill.) 



Cichlalopia, Bon. R. Z. 1857, 205, not of C. R. 1854, XXXVIII, 1 (which 



was based on Turdus vulpinus; Hart. :^^ Rhodinocincla rosea). 



Bill very large and stout, with a distinct notch ; longer than the head ; 

 culmen curving gently from base, and more abruptly towards tip ; commis- 

 sural edge of upper jaw also much curved, so that the whole lower jaw, 

 except at the base, falls inside of the chord connecting the two ends of the 

 arc. Rictal bristles short, and scant ; more so than in Mimocichla. 



