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RIIOPOTERA. — RIIYNCHAEA. 
Unterscheidet sieh von Formicivora durch verhältnissmässig längere Flügel, 
kürzern Schwanz, kräftiger entwickelte Füsse und bunteres Gefieder. Der Schwanz 
ist nicht nur stets kurz, sondern auch gerade. Die mittle Vorderzehe und die 
Ilinterzehe sind viel länger als bei Formicivora, die Nägel stärker entwickelt, 
formicivora Cabanis, Wiegm. Arch. 1847. XIII. 228. = Formicarius tor- 
quatus BODD. 
gularis Cabanis, Wiegm. Arch. 1847. XIII. 228. = Formicivora gularis, 
guttata Cabanis, Wiegm. Arch. 1847. XIII. 228. == Formicivora guttata, 
torquata Solater , Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858. 275. = Formicarius torquatus Bot>d, 
RHOPOTERA punctulata Desmurs, Castelnau Exped. Amer. Sud 53. = Formi- 
carius naevius. 
guttata Desmurs, Castelnau Exped. Amér. Sud Tb. 17. Fig. 3. = Formicarius 
naevius, 
RHYACOPHILTJS (Totanidae. — pua^ flumen, 91X20 amare) Kauf, natürl. Syst. 
1829. 140. = Totanus Bechst. 
Bill slender, but widening a little towards the end; lateral grooves of both 
mandibles extending to the middle of bill; nostrils short; feathers on side of bill 
extending to about the same point and as far as beginning of nostrils; those of 
chin as far as their end; both mandibles curved upwards slightly from middle; legs 
short; bill about the length of tarsus, which is equal to middle toe; base portion 
of tibia about two thirds the toes. Tail about opposite the middle of toes when 
outstretched. 
chloropygius Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. = Totanus solitarius Aud. 
glareola Kaup, natürl. Syst. 1829. 140. = Totanus glareola Tem. 
solitarius Baird, Birds NAmerica 733. = Totanus solitarius Aud. 
RHYACORNIS (Rhacnemidae. — pua^ flumen, opvLÇ avis) Blanford, Journ. as. 
Soc. Bengal 1872. II. 51. — Ruticilla Brehm. 
Rostrum brevis et latius quam Ruticillae, cauda magis rotundata. Femina 
a mari valde diversa et rectricibus exterioribus basin versus albis. 
fuliginosa Blanford, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1872. II. 51. — Ruticilla fuli- 
ginosa Gray. 
RHYNCHACERTJS (Bucerotidae. — p^TX^"^ rostrum, a, xegoLC, cornu) Gloger, 
Handb. Natg. 1842. = Buceros Lin. 
Deckeni Cabanis, v. d. Decken's Reise III. 37. Tf. 6. = Buceros DecJceni, 
erythrorhynchus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 166. = Buceros erythrorhynclius Tem. 
leucomelas Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 166. = Buceros leucomelas Lichtst. 
melanoleucus Cabanis, Wiegm. Arch. 1847. XIII. 344. = Buceros erythro- 
rhijnchus Tem. 
melanoleucus Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. anis. 3. = Buceros melanoleucus Licm&T. 
RHYIVCHAEil. (Scolopacidae. — P^YX^^ rostrum). — Cuvier, Règne anim. I. 
523. — Burmeister, syst. Uebers. Th. Bras. III. 377. — Schlegel, Mus. 
Pays-Bas Scolop. 16. 
Synon.: Rostratula Vieill. — Rynchaea Horsf. — Rynchea Bote. — Rhinchaea Bonap. 
— Rhynchoea Swains. — Rhynchaena Glog, 
Bee un peu plus long que la tête et, par devant, vers la bas un peu courbé. 
Ailes arrondies. Partie inférieure des jambes nue. Teintes du plumage particidiver 
et très different suivant l'âge, mais non pas suivant le cere. — 2 Specc. 
africana Lesson, Man. Ornith. II. 270. — Rhynchaea variegata Vieill. 
alba Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1164. — Scolopax indica Lath. 
australis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. V. 155. = Rhynchaea variegata Vieill. 
bengalensis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIIL 579. Rhynchaea varie- 
gata Vieill. 
capensis Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1163. = Rhynchaea variegata Vieill. 
chinensis Gray, Genera Birds III. 585. = Rhynchaea variegata Vieill. 
curvirostris Lichtenstein , Mus. berol. = Rhynchaea semicollaris Gray. 
hilarea Valenciennes, Lesson, Traité 557. = Rhynchaea semicollaris Gray. 
indica Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 1844. 83. = Rhynchaea variegata Vieill. 
