BUCCONINiE. 
Chelidoptera Gould.* 
the s y Sh0rter than tlle heacl , elevated and broad at the base, with the oilmen and lateral margins and 
dibl c C01n P r essed to the tip, which is acute ; the gonys and lateral margins of the lower man- 
pj u 1 Ve< ^ fhe acute tip ; the nostrils lateral, with the opening rounded, and concealed by the frontal 
f 0Ur tj istles. Wings lengthened, and reaching nearly to the end of the tail, with the third and 
)j [. q , u , C * Ul ^ S ec l ua l and longest. Tail very short and even. Tarsi very short, and covered in front with 
sverse scales. Toes of various sizes, the outer anterior toe the longest. 
This gen lls ' 
l he topi nogt 1B at P resen t composed but of one species, which is said to possess a powerful flight : it usually resorts to 
°hief f 00( .j ran ches of the trees, from whence it sallies forth over the forest in search of insects, which constitute its 
ten ebrosa 
(Pall,) Gould, PI. enl. 505. — Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 46., PI. col. 323. f. 1., Swains. B. of Braz. 36. 
Mt - Gould 
established this genus in 1836 ( Proc . Z. S. 1836, p. 81.). Brachypetes of Mr. Swainson (1837) is coequal. 
-De 
Member, 1846 , 
