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rounded; the first quill ehbctaha wy nthe ABS 
Tail lengthened, rounded. Lateral ine cous sie 
P. Cuvieri. Zool. Ill. i. 32. pectoralis. dala No. 
castaneus. I.O.pl.10.f.1. leucogaster. Ib. No. 26 
megacephalus. Part 5. albifrons. Ib. No. 27. | 
No. 22. Spixii. Ib. No. 28. 
ruficeps. Ib. No. 24. niger. Ib. No. 29. 
Susram. FLUVICOLINE. Water-Chats. 
Legs formed for walking. Tarsi lengthened, stror 
Inhabit the sides of marshes and rivers in Tropic 
America. Seisura, alone, is Australian, q 
GuBERNETEs, Vigors. Tail very long, excessivel 
forked ; the first quill nearly as long as the thre 
next. Lateral toes equal. Claws long, acute, an 
slightly curved. i 
G. forficatus. Zool. Journal, ii. pl. 4. a 
Aurecturus, Vieil. Tail compressed on the sides, erec’ 
broad, with the shafts of some of the feathers nake 
and lengthened. Head very large. Bill short, stron; 
triangular, depressed, without a culmen. Feet large 
Wings rounded. = 
| A. psalurus. PI. Col. 286. 
Fuuvicota, Sw. Bill somewhat lengthened, smoot 
and convex above, generally without any culmer 
Feet strong, large ; the transverse anterior scales en 
veloping the tarsus. Wings long, pointed ; 
second quill longest. Tail even or rounded. Plu 
mage varied with black and white. 
F. cursoria. Sw. Zool. Il. ii. pl. 47.. 
Re. a Po ek ee 
Blechropus, Sw. Bill short, triangular, somewhat coni¢, 
but depressed. Culmen obsolete. Nostrils round, 
pierced in the substance of the bill. Wings mode 
rate ; the third quill longest. Feet small, weak. - 
N. B. The bill much resembles that of Pachyo 
phala. Plumage more or less black. Pepoaza Aze 
No species figured. aI 
Seisura, H.and V. Bill lengthened, much depress 
