Order II. PASSERES. 



Tribe III. Dentirostbes, 



Family III. Muscicapidje. 



The fifth Subfamily, 



MUSCICAPIN.E, or Fly-catchers, 



have the Bill moderate, broad at the base, and narrowing to the tip, which is emarginated, the culmen 

 more or less depressed and curved at the end ; the gonys usually long and ascending, and the gape 

 furnished with bristles ; the Wings generally long, and more or less pointed ; the Tarsi usually short 

 and slender, and the Toes short, with the outer toe longer than the inner one, the hind toe prominent, 

 and the claws moderate, compressed, and acute. 



Conopophaga Vieill.* 



Bill moderate, straight, broad at the base, and rather depressed, with the culmen curved, and the 

 sides compressed to the tip, which is slightly emarginated ; the lateral margins straight, and the gonys 

 short, and slightly ascending ; the gape furnished with very short bristles ; the nostrils basal, lateral, 

 oval, and exposed. Wings moderate and rounded, with the third and seventh quills nearly equal and 

 longest. Tail very short and rounded. Tarsi slender, much longer than the middle toe, and covered 

 in front with broad scales. Toes slender and lengthened, with the lateral ones unequal, the outer the 

 longest ; the hind toe long, and armed with a strong claw. 



The species of this genus are only met with in the thick woods of the tropical parts of America. 



1. C. aurita (Gmel.) Vieill. PI. enl. 822. — Pipra leucotis 

 Gmel. Gal. des Ois. t. 127- 



2. C. vulgaris Menetr. Mem. de l'Acad. Petersb. 1835. t. 14. f. 1. 

 — Myiothera lineata Pr. Max. 



3. C. dorsalis Menetr. Mem. de l'Acad. Petersb. 1 835. t. 14. f. 2. 



4. C. nigrogenys Less. Mem. de l'Acad. Petersb. 1835. t. 15. f. 1. 



— Myiothera perspicillata Wig. ; Conophaga ruficeps Swains. B. of 

 Br. pi. 72, 73., Nat. Libr. Flyc. x. pi. 16. 



5. C. melanogaster Menetr. Mem.de l'Acad. Petersb. 1835. t. 15. 

 f. 2. 



6. C. nasvia (Gmel.) Vieill. PI. enl. 823. f. 2. 



7. C. nigroeincta D'Orb. Voy. dans l'Amer. Mer. Ois. t. 6. f. 3. 



Platyrhynchus Desm.-f 



Bill moderate, straight and broad at the base, with the culmen more or less depressed, and slightly 

 curved to the tip, which is emarginated, the sides compressed, and the lateral margins straight to the 

 tip ; the gonys rather long and ascending ; the gape furnished with long slender bristles ; the nostrils 



* It was in 18lS that Vieillot established this genus (Analyse, fyc. p. 39.). Myagrus of M. Boie (1826) and Myioturdus of Prince 

 Neuwied are synonymous. 



t Desmarest established this genus in 1805 (Histoire Naturelle des Todiert). It embraces Cyclorhynchus of Sundevall (1835). 



