RHYNCHOPS. — RHYNOCHETUS. 
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RHYJVCHOPS (Laridae. — puyx^oc; rostrum, ^\>OLklC, forfex). — Linne, Syst. Nat. 
1756. — Baird, Birds NAmerica 866. 
Synon,: Rygchopsalis Briss. — Psalidorhamplms Ranz. — Anisorliamphus Dum. — 
Rhynchopsalia Glog. — Rynchops autor. 
Bill very broad at the base, from whence it becomes suddendly compressed 
for its entire length; upper mandible considerably shorter than the lower and curv- 
ing gradually to the tip, which is pointed, it is narrowly grooved underneath; 
the lower mandible is straight and truncated, much more compressed than the upper 
and having the cutling edge very sharpe to adm.it of its being received in te groove 
of the upper mandible; nostrils basal, oblong, and lateral; wings much elongated, 
first quill longest, tail forked; tarsi longer than the middle toe; toes rather short 
united by an indented web; hind toe rather elevated; claws much curved and acute, 
— 3 Spec c. 
albicollis Swainson, two Centur. 341. — Gray, Genera Birds III. Tb. 181. 
albirostris Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 80. — Gray, Genera Birds III. Tb. 181. 
Rhynchops ßavirostris Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux Tb. 291. — v. Heuglin, 
Ornith. NOAfr. 1463. 
Bhynchops orientalis Rüppell, Zool. Atlas 37. Tf. 24. 
Abu moyas. 
borealis Swainson, two Centur. 340. = Bhynchops nigra Lin. 
brevirostris Spix, Aves Brasil. II. 82. — Bhynchops nigra Lin. 
cinerascens Spix, Aves Brasil. II. 80. = Bhynchops nigra Lin. 
flavirostris Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux Tb. 291. = Bhijnchops albirostris Lichtst 
melanura Swainson, two Centur. 30. = Bhynchops nigra Lin. 
nigra -Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 228. — Buffon, PI. enlum. 357. — Wilson, amer^ 
Ornitb. VII. 85. Tb. 60. — Audubon, ornith. Biogr. IV. 203; Birds America 
Vn. 67. Tb. 433. — Burmeister, Hebers. Tb. Brasil. IIL 454. 
Bhynchops fulva Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 611. 
Bhynchops cinerascens, Bh. brevirostris Spix, Aves Brasil. II. 80. 81. 
Tb. 102. 103. 
Bhynchops melanura Swainson, two Centur. 340. 
Bhynchops borealis Swainson, two Centur. 340. 
Bayador Azara, Apuntam. III. 329. 
Pescador. — Scheerenschnabel. — Darra darra. Wanarih, 
sinensis Swinhoe, Ibis 1861. 267. = Bhynchaea variegata Vieill. 
RHYNCHOPSALIA Gloger 1842. = Bhynchops Lin. 
RHYNCHOPSITTA pachyrhyncha Bonaparte, Reviîe Mag. Zool. 1854. 144. = 
Sittace pachyrhyncha Wagl. 
RHYNCHOTUS (Crypturidae) Spix, Aves BrasU. 1825. II. 60. — Burmeister, 
syst. Üebers. Tb. Bras. III. 326. = Tinamus Lath. 
Synon.: Rhyncotus Gray. — Nothurus Swains. 
Rostro elongato, corneo, baud alto, subarcuato, apice convexo, acuto, nec 
curvo, nec lateraliter sulcato; naribus fere basalibus; digito postico elevato, bre- 
viusculo; genibus nudis; tarsis antico scutato fasciatis, postice reticulatis. 
fasciatus Spix, Aves Bras. II. 60. Tb. 76^. — Tinamus rufescens Tem. 
maculicollis Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867. 102. = Tinamus maculicollis. 
ornatus Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867. 102. = Tinamus ornatus. 
Pentlandi Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867. 102. = Tinamus Pentlandi. 
perdix Gray, Genera Birds III. 515. = Tinamus perdicarius Kittl. 
perdix Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860. 47. — Tinamus curvirostris Sclat. 
rufescens Wagler, Syst. Av. spec. 1. = Tinamus rufescens Tem. 
RHYNCOMEGAS brachypterus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1853. XXXVII. 809; 
Revue Mag. Zool. 1854. VI. 537. = Nisus brachypterus Schleg. 
dynastes Verreaux, Revue Mag. Zool. 1854. VI. 537. = ? 
RHYNCOTUS Gray. = Bhynchotus Spix. 
RHYNDACE Moehring, Avium Genera 1752. = Icterus Briss. 
RHYNOCHETUS Verreaux et Desmurs. = Bhinochaetus, 
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