Family SYLVIADjE? 



Genus PSILOPUS, Gould. 



CHARACTERES GENERICI. 



Rostrum capite brevius, tumidum, ad apicem dentatum, tomiis rectis ; nares basales, laterales, ovales ; 

 rictus setis paucis gracilibus obsitus ; alae mediocres, remige primo fere spurio, secundo elongate, 

 tertio, quarto, quintoque longissimis et inter se (Bqualibus ; cauda brevis et cequalis ; tarsi Iceves, 

 graciles, mediocres ; digiti perbreves, et debiles, externi utrinque a^quales et intermedio conjuncti fere 

 ad articulum primum ; ungues incurvi. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill shorter than the head, swollen, notched at the tip ; commissure straight ; nostrils basal, lateral- 

 oval ; rictus beset with two or three extremely fine and weak bristles ; wings moderately long, first 

 quill almost spurious, second long, third, fourth, and fifth equal and longest ; tail rather short and 

 square ; tarsi entire, slender, moderately long ; toes extremely short and small, the lateral toes even 

 and united to the middle one nearly to the first joint ; claivs much curved. 



Type. Psilopus albogularis, Gould. 



