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Genus III.^PTILOGONYS, Swains. PTILOGONYS. 



Bill short, rather strong, somewhat triangular, depressed at the base, a lit- 

 tle compressed at the end; upper mandible with the dorsal line convex at the 

 end, the nasal groove wide, the sides convex toward the end, with a distinct 

 notch, the tip short, rather obtuse; lower mandible with the angle rather long 

 and wide, the dorsal line ascending and convex, the sides convex toward the 

 end, the tip small, with a slight notch behind. Nostrils linear, oblong, par- 

 tially concealed by the feathers. Head ovato-oblong; neck rather short; 

 body slender. Feet short, and rather slender; tarsus shorter than the middle 

 toe with its claw, compressed, covered anteriorly with a long plate and three 

 inferior scutella; toes free, the outer only adherent at the base; hind toe 

 rather large, stouter, outer a little longer than inner; claws moderate, arched, 

 much compressed, laterally grooved, acute. Plumage soft and blended; slight 

 bristles at the base of the upper mandible, and the feathers in the angle of 

 the lower jaw bristle-tipped and curved forward. Wings long, rounded; first 

 quill very small, fourth longest. Tail very long, straight, emarginate, and 

 rounded, of twelve feathers. 



This genus seems to connect the Thrushes with the Flycatchers. 



TOWNSEND'S PTILOGONYS. 



-? -Ptilogonys Townsendi, dud. 



PLATE LXIX.— Female. 



The only individual of this species that I have ever seen is a female, which 

 was shot near the Columbia River, and kindly transmitted to me by my 

 friend Mr. Townsend, after whom, not finding any description of it, I have 

 named it. The genus, which was instituted by Mr. Swainson, is very re- 

 markable, combining, as it appears to me, the characters of some of the Fly- 

 catchers and Thrushes. 



Townsend's Ptilogonys, Ptilogonys Townsendi, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 206. 



General colour dull brownish-grey; quills and coverts dusky brown; edge 

 of wing dull white; basal part of primaries pale yellow, of secondaries ochre- 



