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GENUS CXXXIV— GYMNODERES, Geoffroy. 



Rostrum breve, validiim, j 

 basi latissimum ; mandi- \ 

 hula superior subincur- 

 vata. 



Caput plumis velutinis tec- 

 tum. 



Collum partim nudum. 



Beak short, stout, very broad 

 at the base ; the upper 

 mandible rather incurved. 



Head clothed with velvety 



feathers. 

 Neck partly naked. 



Native of America, and feeds chiefly upon fruits. 



Sp, 1. Gy, foetidus. 



Gracula nudicollis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 463. — Gracula foetida. 

 Shaw J V. vii. p. 466, — South America. 



GENUS CXXXV.— 



Rostrum basi vibrissis et 

 pennis antrorsum directis 

 ornatum, valde depressum, 

 trigonum, supra infraque 

 convexum, versus apicem 

 curvatum; mandihula in- 

 ferior apice recurvata,gra- 

 cillima, acutissima. 



CoTiNGA, pars. Cuvier. 



QUERULA, Vieillot. 



Beak furnished at the base 

 with bristles and feathers 

 pointing forwards, much 

 depressed, trigonal, con- 

 vex above and beneath, 

 curved towards the tip; 

 the lower mandible with 

 its tip recurved, very slen- 

 . der and acute. 



The birds of this genus are all natives of America ; 

 they fly in flocks, and subsist almost exclusively on 

 insects. 



Sp. 1 . Qu. rubricollis. 

 Muscicapa rubricollis. Sleph. v. x,p. 293. 



