DENDROCOLAPTIM. 



Glyphorhynchus Pr. Max.* 



Bill moderate, short, and rather broad at the base, with the culmen straight from the base for half its 

 length, and then much depressed and curved downwards to the tip, which is obtuse ; the sides slightly 

 compressed, the lateral margins straight, and the gonys long and ascending ; the nostrils basal, lateral, 

 rather rounded, and exposed. Wings moderate ; with the third, fourth, and fifth quills equal and 

 longest. Tail long, broad, and graduated ; with the end of the shafts turning outwards, and prolonged 

 beyond the web. Tarsi as long as the middle toe, rather slender, and covered in front with broad scales. 

 Toes long and slender ; the outer toe as long as the middle toe, and united at its base ; the hind toe 

 rather short ; the claws long, compressed, much curved, and acute. 



The type of this genus is found in the vast forests of Brazil. 



G.cuneatus (Licht.) Bed. Trans. 1818. p. 204. t. 3. f. 1., 

 Guer. Mag. de Zool. 1833. Ois. t. 17., Spix, Av. Bras. t. Ql. f. 3. 



— Zenophasia platyrhyncha Swains. ; Glyphorhynchi 

 Pr. Max. 



DENDROCINCLA.f 



Bill nearly as long as the head, rather broad at the base, and slightly depressed, with the culmen 

 slightly curved, and the sides gradually compressed to the tip, which is entire ; the gonys long and 

 ascending ; the nostrils basal and lateral, with the opening oval and partly closed by a plumed 

 membrane. Wings moderate and rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills equal and longest. Tail 

 long, rather broad, and slightly rounded, with the ends of the feathers scarcely projecting beyond the 

 web. Tarsi rather longer than the middle toe, and covered in front with broad scales. Toes rather 

 long ; with the outer and middle ones much united at their base, and nearly equal in length ; the inner 

 short, and slightly united; the hind toe long; the claws long, compressed, much curved, and 



acute. 



These species inhabit the warmer portions of South America. 



1. D. turdina (Licht.) Bevl. Trans. 1818. p. 204. t. 2. f. 1. 



2. V.fumigata (Licht.) Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 203., Levaill. 

 Prom. t. 28. — Dendrocopus fuliginosus Vieill. 



3. D. merula (Licht.) Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 208. 



4. D. Perrotii (Laf'r.) Rev. Zool. 1844. p. 80. 



5. IX atrirostris (D'Orb. & Lafr.) Syn. Av. p. 1 2. 



Sittasomus Swains.^ 



Bill moderate and straight, with the culmen slightly curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, 

 which is entire ; the gonys moderate and ascending. Wings moderate and rather pointed, with the 



* Established by the Prince of Neuwied in 1831 (Beitr. zur Naturg. ii. p. 1 149.). Sittacitta of M. Lesson (1851) and Zenophasia of 

 Mr. Swainson (1831) are synonymous. 



t The Prince of Neuwied established this genus under the name of Dryoeopus in 1831, which, having 1 een previously employed, was 

 changed by me 10 the above word in 1840. 



$ It was in the Zoological Journal (p. 355.) for 1827, that Mr. Swainson established this genus. 



