4(U SCOLECOTHERES. — SCOLOPACINUS. 
slightly rounded. Tarsi of equal length with the middle toe, covered with broad 
scutellations. Toes long and slender, the lateral ones nearly equal; the hind toe 
long, and the clmvs slender, acute and sligthly curved. — 4 Specc. 
aequatorialis Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 186G. 414. = Cassidix aequa- 
torialis, 
atroviolaceiis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 19G; Journ. Ornith. 1S5G. IV. 25; 
1874. 134. — [cf. Cassidix atroviolaceus Supra I. c. 593.] [Cuha. 
Quiscalus atroviolaceus d'Orbigny, Hist. nat. Cuba 54. Tb. 19. 
Scaphidurus atroviolaceus Gray, Genera Birds. 
Toti^ Chouchoti. 
brachynrus [Bolivia. 
Jdiopsar hrachyurus Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 414. 
eyaiioceplialiis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 191. — Baird, Birds N America. — 
Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1866. 413." [America centr. occid. 
Psarocolius cyanocephalus Wagler, Okeii's Isis 1829. 758. 
Scolecophagus mexicanus Swainson, Classif. Birds H. 273. 
Quiscalus Breweri Audubon, Birds America VII. 345. Tb. 492. 
ferrugineus Swainson, Classif. Birds 11. 273. — Cassin, Proc. acad. Phila- 
delphia 1866. 412. — Baird, Birds N America 551. [America sept. 
Oriolus ferrugineus, 0. niger GiMELIN, Syst. Nat. I. 393. 
Turdus hudsonius , T. lahradorius, T. noveboracensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 
818. 832. 
Gracula quiscala var. ß, Oriolus leucocephalus Latham, Ind. Ornith. 
Gracula ferruginea Wilson, Amer. Ornith. II. 41. Tb. 21. Fig. 3. 
Pendulinus at er Vieillot, nouv. Diet. hist. nat. V. 320. 
Chalcophanes virescens Wagler, Syst. Avium Oriolus spec. 9. 
Quiscalus ferrugineus Bonaparte, Synopsis 35. — Audubon, Birds America 
Tb. 147. 
Scolecophagus niger Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 191. 
mexicanus Swainson, Classif. Birds H, 273. = Scolecophagus cyanocephalus Cass. 
minor Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 273. = Molothrus sericeus Bonap. 
niger Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 195. = Scolecophagus ferrugineus Swains. 
SCOLECOTHERES (Picinae. — cxtoXïj^ vermes, ^Tjpao venor) Reichenbacii, 
Handb. Ornith. 1851. I. 417. = Picus Lin. 
Im Bau des Schnabels und der Beine sehr ähnlich Campethera, die 4. Schwinge 
die längste, die Schäfte der Schwingen und Schwanzfedern nicht gelb, sondern von 
der Farbe der Fahne, Gefieder sehr düster olivengraulich. 
capensis Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 427. = Picus menstruus Scop. 
Caroli Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 429. = Picus Caroli Sundev. 
goertan Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 428. = Picus goertan Gmel. 
immaculatus Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 428. = Picus menstruus Scop. 
nigriguttatus Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 429. == Picus nigriguttatus Verr. 
nivosus Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 428. = Picus pardinus Tem. 
poliocephalus Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. L 427. = Picus goertan Gmel. 
pyrrhogaster Reictienbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 428. = Picus pyrrhogaster 
Sundev. 
rubiginosus Reichenbacii, Handb. Ornith. I. 428. = Picus porphyromelas Boie. 
spodocephalus Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 427. = Picus goertan Gmel. 
SCOLOPACINUS rufiventris Bonaparte, Proc. ZooL Soc. 1837. V. 119. = Rhamjjho- 
caenus rufiventris Sclat. 
Rostrum longissimum, basi trigonum, gracile, rectissimura; mandibulis aequalibus, 
superiore apice extimo subcurvato, subhiantibus; nares fossa majuscula, membra- 
nula fere omnino clausae. Pedes clongati, tarso digito medio sesquilongiore; digiti 
omnes a basi fissi, valde inaequales, postico validiore, ungue robusto valde arcuato. 
Alae maxime rotundatae, remigibus 1. 2. 3. sensim longioribus, 4. ceteris sed vix 
longiore, omnibus latis. Cauda breviuscula, valde gradata. 
