Family SYLVIAD.E? 
Genus PSILOPUS, Gould. 
CHARACTERES GENERICI. 
Rostriini capite brevius, tumidum, ad apicem dentatum, tomiis rectis ; nares basales, laterales, ovules ; 
rictus setis paucis gracilibus obsitus ; alee mediocres, remige primo fere spurio, secundo elongato, 
tertio, quarto, quintoque longissimis et inter se CBqualibus ; cauda brevis et oequalis ; tarsi Iceves, 
graciles, mediocres ; perbreves,et debiles, externi iitrinqne cequales et inter medio conjiincti fert 
ad articuhun primum ; ungues incurvi. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill shorter than the head, swollen, notched at the tip ; commissure straight ; nostrils basal, lateral, 
oval ; rictus beset Avith two or three extremely fine and weak bristles ; ivings 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; claws much curved. 
Type. Psilopiis albogularis, Gould. 
