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316 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. _ 
SyNALLAXIs, Vieill. (fig.282.b) Bill short, rather stron 
straight: both mandibles of equal thickness, entire, 
and much compressed ; the margins of the upper in- : 
flexed beyond the nostrils. Frontal feathers rather 
rigid. Wings very short, and much rounded ; the 
primaries scarcely exceeding the tertials. Tail broad, 
more or less lengthened, and either graduated or cu- 
neated ; the webs soft and loose, but the shafts rather 
rigid ; the tips lanceolate. Feet very large. Tarsus 
lengthened. Middle toe longer than the hinder ; 
lateral toes equal. Claws slender, acute, and but 
slightly curved ; the three anterior rather small. 
S.garrulus, Z. Ill.i.pl.138. cinnamominus. Spix, i. pl.85.f. 
Denproma, Sw. (fig. 282. c) Billstraight, entire, much 
compressed; the culmen straight, but the tip suddenl 
bent down and inflexed over that of the lower man- 
dible. Wings moderate, rounded. ‘Tail somewhat 
stiff, lengthened, graduated, and very obliquely 
pointed. Tarsus longer than the middle and the 
hind toes. Lateral toes unequal, the inner shortest ; 
hind and middle toes of equal length. All the claws | 
moderate and broad, and fully curved. The toes more 
or less free. > 
D. caniceps. Braz. Birds, pl. 80. a. 
ANABATES, Temminck.* (fig. 282. a) Bill strong, very 
straight, greatly compressed, conic when viewed in 
profile : the tip not inflexed: the culmen and gonys 
equally inclining towards the tip. | Commissure 
straight. Wings very short, rounded. ‘Tail some-— 
what stiff, lengthened, graduated ; the feathers broad, | 
but with the tips pointed. Tarsus shorter than the~ 
* This is not strictly Anabates of Temminck, who includes under tha! 
name three out of the five genes of this subfamily. 
