XENUS. — XIPHORHYNCHUS. 
765 
Alectrurus alector Lesson, Traité Ornith. 387. 
Alectrorurus gallus Gloger, Handb. 325. 
XENUS Kaup, natürl. Syst. 1829. 115. = Totanus cinereus Schleg. 
XEOCEPHAES Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1854. XXXVIII. 652. = Tchitrea ruf a Gr. 
XEROPHILA (Paridae) Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840. 175. = Sphenostoma Govlj). 
Rostrum breve, semiconi instar, ad basin robustum, ad apicem baud denti- 
culatum, basi vibrissis antice ductis parce instructa; naribus rotundatis et plumis 
minutis obtectis. Alae médiocres, remigum primo brevi, tertio et quarto longissi- 
mis, tertiariis latis et paulo elongatis. Cauda mediocris, ad apicem quadrata et 
aliquanto concava. Tarsi robusti; digitus posticus validus, digiti antici debiles, 
horum externum longissimus. 
leucopsis Gould, Birds Austr. III. Tb. 67. = Sphenostoma leucopsis Gr. 
pectoralis Gould, Ann. mag. n. hist. 1871. VIII. 192. = Sphenostoma pectorale. 
XIPHIDIOPICUS Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. Zyg. = Xiphidiopipo Sundev. 
XIPHIDIOPIPO SUNDEVALL, Meth. Av. 73. = Picus percussus Tem. 
XIPHIDIOPTERUS albiceps Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 418. = Chara- 
drius albiceps Tem. 
XIPHIDIORHYNCHUS pectoralis Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. = Himantopus pecto- 
ralis SCHL. 
XIPHIRHYNCHUS superciliaris Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. 1842. 175. = Poma- 
torhinus superciliaris Gr. 
Allied to Pomatorhinus, but the bill much longer and more slender, very 
thinly compressed throughout its length, widening only at the extreme base and 
describing a considerable incurvation. Plumage, wings and tail as in Pomatorhinus, 
but the toes and claws rather more slender and elongated. 
XIPHOCOLAPTES (Dendrocolaptinae) Lesson, Rev. Zool. 1840. 267. = Dendro- 
colaptes Herm. 
Specierum nomina cf. genus Dendrocolaptes , et Synonyma: 
albicollis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857. 202. = Dendrocolaptes emigrans. 
elegans Sclater, Ibis 1859. 118. = Dendrocolaptes emigrans. 
XIPHOLENA Gloger, Handb. Natg. 1842. — Cabanis, Mus. Heine. H. 106. = 
Ampelis L. 
Specierum nomina cf. genus Ampelis. 
XIPHORHAMPHTJS Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. 1843. 947. = Xiphirhynchus Blyth. 
XIPHORHYÎVCHIJS Swainson, Zool. Journ. 1827. III. 354. — de Lafres- 
naye. Revue Mag. Zool. 1850. 375. 
Synon.: Ziphorhynchus Swains. — Dendrocopns Less. 
Rostrum tenuissime, maxime elongatum et curvatum, basi satis laturn. sed ab- 
rupte a naribus ad apicem comp)ressissimum , laminae forme ^ non dentatum; alae 
mediocris; cauda satis elongata; pedibus fortioribus. — 11 Specc. 
bivittatus Swainson, Class. Birds II. 314. — Picolaptes bivittatus Lafr. 
brevirostris de Lafresnaye. [Brasilia, 
Bridgesi Eyton, Contrib. Ornith. 1849. II. 86. (Nasica.) — de Lafresnaye, 
Rev. Mag. Zool. 1850. 425. 
Drymornis Bridgesi Eyton, 1. c. 1852. 23. 
falcularius Gray, Genera Birds I. 140. = Xiphorhynchus trochilirostris Gr. 
flavigaster Cuvier. — Dendrocolaptes obsoletus Lichtst. 
fiavigaster Swainson, Philos. Mag. 1826. 1. 440. ~ Dendrocolaptes eburneirostris. 
granadensis de Lafresnaye. [Nov. Granada, 
Isabella Verreaux. [Brasilia. 
liafresnayeanus Gray, Genera Birds App. 6. — de Lafresnaye, Rev. Mag. 
Zool. 1850. 377. [Bolivia, 
Dendrocolaptes procurvus d'Orbigny, Voy. Amer, mérid. Tb. 53. Fig. 2. 
Xiphorhynchus rufirostris Natterer. 
prociirvoides de Lafresnaye, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1850. 376. [Guiana, 
procurvus Swainson, Class. Birds II. 314. [Brasilia. Bolivia, 
Dendrocolaptes procurvus Temminck, PI. col. 28, 
