NECTARINlADiE. 2^7 



GENUS CCLXIIl.— DACNIS. Cuvier. 



Rostrum mediocre, basi latius 

 quam altum, versus api- 

 cem subemarginatum, acu- 

 tum. 



Nares basales, ovatae, mem- 



brana nud^ tectae. 

 Cauda mediocris, emarginata, 



rectricibus duodecim sub- 



paribus. 



Beak moderate, broader than 

 high at the base, some- 

 what emarginated towards 

 the tip, acute. 



Nostrils basal, acute, covered 

 by a membrane. 



Tail moderate, emarginate, 

 composed of twelve nearly 

 equal feathers. 



Sp. 1. Da. Cayana. 



Sylvia Cayana. Steph. v. x. p, 655 5 male. — Sylvia cyanoce- 

 phala. Steph. v. x. <p. 684 ; female.— Nectarinia cyanocephala. 

 Swain. Zool. Illust. v. ii. pi. 117. — Guiana and Brazil. 



GENUS CCLXIV.— FURNARIUS. Vieillot. 



Rostrum capite brevior, 

 altius quam latum, latera- 

 tim compressum, subar- 

 cuatum, acutum. 



Lingua mediocre, recta. 



Al(S debiles. 



Pollex latus. 



Beak shorter than the head, 

 higher than broad, late- 

 rally compressed, rather 

 arcuated, acute. 



Tongue moderate, straight* 



Wings weak. 



Hind-toe broad. 



I RATHER suspect that this genus is synonymous 

 with Opetiorhynchus of Temminck ; noticed in page 

 198 of this vol. : the species hereunder enumerated 

 are from the Regne Animal, v. i. p. 410. 



A. Cauda osquali. 



A. With the tail even. 



