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GENUS CCXXXIX.—NEOPS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum gracile, lateratim 

 compressum, integrum, 

 mediocre, rectum, acu- 

 tum : mandibula inferior 

 versus medium incurvata, 

 dein recurvata, marginibus 

 a super iore tegentibus. 



Digiti exteriores ad medium 

 usque codliiv. polleoc tenuis. 



Beak slender, laterally com- 

 pressed, in tire, moderate, 

 straight, acute : the lower 

 mandible incurved towards 

 the middle, then recurved, 

 with its edges covered by 

 the superior. 



Outer toes connected to the 

 middle : the hinder-one 

 slender. 



Sp. 1. ruficaudus. Vieil. Analyse, Sfc. p. 68. (K.) 



Ne. .s?vprd olivaceO'fuscuSj siibtus rnfo cinereus; capite giittureque 

 albido notatis, super ciliis paUidis, striga infra genis nived, 

 rem'igibus primoribus basi ap'iceque rufs, in medium cinna- 

 momeis; rectricibus duabus intermediis, lateribusque quatuor 

 rufs, reliquis nigris ; rostro pedibusque rufis. 



Neops above olive-brown, beneath ashy-red ; with the head and 

 throat spotted with white ; the supercilia pale j a snow- 

 white stripe beneath the cheeks ; the primary quills red at the 

 base and tip, cinnamon-colour in the middle ) the two middle 

 tail-feathers and four lateral ones red, the rest black ; the beak 

 and legs red. 



Inhabits Guiana. Length four inches. 

 GENUS CCXL.— ORTHOTOMUS, Horsfield. 



Rostrum mediocre, rectum 

 subdepressum, basi trique- 

 trum, attenuatum : cul- 

 mine basi carinato, versus 

 apicem leviter arcuata : 

 mandihulce tomiis rectis- 

 simis. 



Beak moderate, straight, a 

 little depressed, three-sided 

 at the base, attenuated: 

 the culmen carinated at 

 the base, towards the tip 

 slightly bent ; with the 

 cutting edges of the man- 

 dibles very straight. 



