ON THE GENERA. 
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a ” d l0ngeSt ’ sometimes the ‘bird, fourth, and fifth. The tail is short 
W !“ T7 M) ,,r d C ° nSiStS ° f te " featherS ' The le « s “ re shOTt a » d stout, the feet 
holes' "f , P ° Werf ! , ,y are aWe t0 Cllmb “P or do ' m lr «-s with ease. They nidiScate in 
wh ‘ ch the y generally make themselves. Their food consists of fruits, berries, 
sects and their larvae. We propose to divide them into the following genera:— 
B- Rostro lsevi; setis rictalibus longis, vel post nares densis; maxillae 
mandibulaeque apicibus sequis. 
A . Culmine lato, orbiculato ad basin ; setis rictalibus nigris. 
A". Rostro ad apicem compresso et acuto Megalama. 
B . Rostro brevi, lato et obtuso XanthoUma. 
u . t,u [mine acuto ; setis rictalibus nigris. 
w ?! aX :!! a rect ^ mandibulS. valde curvatd ad apicem Xylobucco. 
±5 . Maxilla mandibul&que aequaliter curvatis .... Barhatvln 
™ Setis densis post nares coccmeo late marginalia . 
’ ! P C Calv °’ vel summo P luma to ; setis densis post nares flavescenti- 
brunneis . 
Gymnobucco . 
m “ S T ‘T We haTC tak “ of *e bristles as a primary distinction 
glance Z Tbont wT 7 S ° “ is “ feata = "-hich "ill eatch the eye at a 
Oymmlucco, and ^ ^ ^ar-laUU, 
name MeaaLma which IT- TV „ T “ ° M genus by Gra y aIld G »ffin, under the 
being unable to’seoamte IT ’ a ” d ‘he three latter, 
table, that the former may be STS’™ 18 * 3 ’ ^ haTe C ° nsidered ’ as wiU be ««» by our 
as a subfamily of "the a'drThorfT’ th ° USh tlWy ** PlaCed by Swainson and Gray 
warrant a higher separation : the plumaTTTn° n " Cllmbmg habllS ’ and S eneral structure 
the feathers possess the supplemetryX“oth “ ,‘ bat f ^ *■**«*., 
do not in general, if ever, unite to form the furcula as ’in To ‘tt lm P erfect ’ and 
angular, and weak; the sternum has the keel low with two 1 *”™ ■ e ™ mm 18 br °ad, 
the (esophagus is wide, the stomach slightly ^LsX IdTeTtT T“ T ^ 
nearly allied to the RamphazMx, and that if the larger species ’of this latte* T m ° re 
unknown, such a genus as Aulacoram^ would have been assigned to hi “ ? "T 
Captor. This author does not credit the fact that the Capitol! can dim! 8 P ° f 
1. Genus MegaLsEma. 
Characteristics .- Bill with the margin smooth, sharp and compressed at th P f 
broad, rounded at base, and curved; ricta, bristles, which are Tong , , £££%£ 
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