DENDROCOLAPTIM. 
Glyphorhynchus Pr . Max * 
len ^ moderate > s ^ ort ’ and rat her broad at the base, with the culmen straight from the base for half its 
c and then muc h depressed and curved downwards to the tip, which is obtuse ; the sides slightly 
^pressed, the lateral margins straight, and the gonys long and ascending; the nostrils basal, lateral, 
P 10UIlded ’ and ex P 0Se<] - Wings moderate ; with the third, fourth, and fifth quills equal and 
j. lo ng, broad, and graduated ; with the end of the shafts turning outwards, and prolonged 
To ^ IG Wed> ‘ Wrsi as long as the middle toe, rather slender, and covered in front with broad scales. 
rathe S ^ ender ’ tdie outer toe as l° n g as the middle toe, and united at its base ; the hind toe 
lGl sllort * the claws long, compressed, much curved, and acute. 
The type of this genus is found in the vast forests of Brazil. 
Q 
Guer ' Man., de ZmT^'xuf 'ey 1 la ,'~' i 818 - P ‘ 20 4 ‘ — Zenophasia platyrhynclia Swains. ; Glyphorhynchus ruficaudus 
° (le Ois. t. 17., Spix, Av. Bras. t. pi. f. 3. Pr. Max. 
DENDROCINCI.A.f 
Wll 
slight^ 6ar ^ aS aS ^ le ^ ead > rather broad at the base, and slightly depressed, with the culmen 
ascep^pj CUrVed ’ and the sides gradually compressed to the tip, which is entire; the gonys long and 
m em ^ n8 ’ the nostrils basal and lateral, with the opening oval and partly closed by a plumed 
W !' ane ' WiUgS moderate and founded, with the fourth and fifth quills equal and longest. Tail 
^eb ' r ^ >1 ° ad ’ and s hghtly rounded, with the ends of the feathers scarcely projecting beyond the 
lot i rr . . Um rather longer than the middle toe, and covered in front with broad scales. Toes rather 
>rt ^ ^ le outer and middle ones much united at their base, and nearly equal in length ; the inner 
and sll ghtly united; the hind toe long; the claws long, compressed, much curved, and 
lop 
a ont, 
;e. 
«• D. 
These species inhabit the warmer portions of South America. 
S - D (Licht.) Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 204. t. 2. f. I. 
' -JUmtoatn f TJ.1..N „ , m 
'• t. 28. 
IW f " n »gata (Licht.) Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 203., Levaill. 
■ Dendrocopus fuliginosus Vieill. 
3. D. merula (Licht.) Berl. Trans. 1818. p. 208. 
4. D. Perrotii (Laf'r.) Rev. Zool. 1844. p. 80. 
5. 1). atrirostris (D’Orh. & Lafr.) Syn. Av. p. 12. 
Pill 
Sittasomus Swains, j; 
• 6 y ate and straight, with the culmen slightly curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, 
tVi ° ’ ^ ie gonys moderate and ascending. Wings moderate and rather pointed, with the 
t 4^ in > le (l83n ! 1>rinCe ° f Neuwied in 1831 ( Beitr - zur Naturg. ii. p. 1 149.). Sittaoilla of M. Lesson (1831) and Zenophasia of 
C latl ged k PariCe of w! ® synonymous. 
t L n ie to tin. V'"'” esta bhshed this genus under the name of Dryocopus in 1831, which, having 1 een previously employed was 
w * s in the ? . e wor ‘ l iu 184 °- or , j 
- i"l'ii)ir(U Journal (p. 355.) for 1827, that Mr. Swainson established this genus. 
