GRYPIN.E. 



the first quill the longest. Tail long, broad, rounded at the end, and composed of broad feathers. 

 Tarsi very short, slender, and partly plumose. Toes long and slender, with the lateral ones united at 

 their base, especially the outer one, which is rather shorter than the inner ; the hind toe short, and 

 armed with a very short curved claw ; those of the fore toes long, slender, curved, and very acute. 



The typical species of this genus is found in Brazil, especially on the mountain of Corcovado in the neighbourhood oi 

 Rio Janeiro. 



1. G. navius (Dumont), Diet, des Sci. Nat. xvii. p. 432., PI. col. I Av. Bras. t. 80. f. 3.; Ramphodon maculatum Less. Col. t. 1., Nat. 

 120. f. 3. — Troehilus squamosus Licht. ; Grypus ruficollis Spix, \ Libr. xiv. pi. 1. 



December, 1848. 



