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Genus VI. MONACHA. 



Type. 



Monasa*, Vieill. Analyse^ p. 27 (1816) M, nigra. 



Lypornix, Wagler^ Syst. Av. (1827) M. nigra. 



Scotocharis, Gloger, Froriep's Notizen, xvi. p. 277 (1827) M. nigra. 



Monastes, Nitzschj Pterylogr. p. 135 (1840) M. nigra. 



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Monaeha peruana. 



a. Bin, from side. h. Bill, from above, c. Wing-end, from within, d. Tail-end, from below. 



e. Left foot, from inside. 



Char. Gen. Rostrum capite paulo aut vix brevius^ subgracile^ leniter incurvum^ apice magis inflexo, 

 compressum ; nares sicut in Buccone, sed vibrissis densioribus obtectum ; alse longiusculae, caudse basin 

 superantesj remigibus tertio quarto et quinto longissimis et primum duplo superantibus ; cauda longiuscula^ 

 rotundata, rectricibus latis ; pedes sicut in Buccone. 



The seven species which I have recognized in this genus may be distinguished as follows : — 



* "ilfonasa" of Vieillot I have ventured to correct into ''Monaeha" which is probably what the author of the term 

 intended. Mtzsch has suggested "Monastes;" but that is more divergent from Vieillot's original term. 



