MENURINfE. 
Pteroptochos Kiii/.* 
Lill short and slender, with the culmen elevated at the base, more or less curved, and the sides 
^pressed to the tip, which is emarginated ; the nostrils lateral, with the opening linear, and covered 
y a large horny scale. Wings short and rounded, with the fourth to the seventh quills nearly equal 
flri<i lon gest. Tail more or less long, and rounded. Tarsi longer than, or as long as, the middle toe, rather 
lender, and covered in front with broad transverse scales. Toes moderate and slender ; the lateral toes 
^ ne qual, and shorter than the middle one ; the outer toe longer than the inner one, and united at the 
ase » the hind toe long ; the claws moderate, compressed, and curved. 
Th 
are t 6 SPeCleS are found in ilie tro P ical P arts and on the western coast of South America. Their manners and habits 
00 much like those of the Hylactes to require a repetition of them. 
y alhif ' 0 llU Kittl. Mem. de 1’Acad. St. Petersb. t. 3., D’Orb. 
2 0o) Tv) nS * Mer. t. 8. f. 2 Megalonyx medius Less. 
. ' J11 - pl. 60. 
2, p 
V 0y , ' rubecul a Kittl. Mem. de l’Acad. St. Petersb. t. 2., D’Orb. 
g ' ' j a,ls 1’Amer. Mer. Ois. t. 7. f. 3. 4. 
Mene t ' ntcr -* jess - Cent. Zool. t. 30. — Malacorhynchus cristatellus 
i Cu j J' de l’Acad. St. Petersb. 1835. t. 12. ; Platyurus cor- 
(y S ^ ' Swa ‘ ns - B. of Braz. pl. 55, 56. ; Type of Merulaxis Less. 
Ricni 
8 30) 
4 p 
s • "Jfinls (Swains.) B. of Braz. pl. 57. 
] fjg ' ma 9ellanicus (Lath.) Forst. Desc. Anim. p., Icon. ined. 
pl. j 9 Sc y t alopus fuscus Gould, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. n. s. 
(l 8 g 6) ‘ 1 ^’tatyurus niger Swains . ; Type of Scytalopus Gould 
6. p 
1. 1 3 ^ 0 "Ventris (Menetr.) Mem. de l'Acad. St. Petersb. 1835. 
a. Si pj ^"Scytalopus albogularis Gould, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. 
7. P. spelunca (Menetr.) Mem. de l’Acad. St. Petersb. 1825. 
t. 13. f. 1. 
8. P. rhinolophus (Pr. Max.) Beitr. iii. p. 1051. 
9. P. indigoticus (Pr. Max.) Beitr. iii. p. 1091. 
10. P. chilensis Kittl. — Troglodytes paradoxus Kittl. Mem. de 
l’Acad. St. Petersb. 1831. t. 5. ; Platyurus lepturus Swains. 
11. P. griseicollis (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 103. 
12. P. squamiger (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 103. 
13. P. ? Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 19. f. 5. 
14. P. nanus (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1842. p. 135. 
15. P. rufocapillus (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1842. p. 209. 
16. P. senilis (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 103. 
17- P. analis (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 103. 
18. P. orthonyx (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1843. p. 131., Mag. de Zool. 
1844. Ois. t. 53. 
19. P. ? guttatus (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 274. — Type of 
Sylviaxis Less. (1840). 
Cyphorhinus Cabanis. f 
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si 
th e a p 'P’ which is entire ; the sides much compressed, and the gonys long and ascending ; 
l a teral, and placed in a broad membranous groove, with the opening in the middle of the 
cp,jn ane ’ lar ge, exposed, and rounded. Wings rather short, and rounded ; with the fifth and sixth 
c °Ver q CiUal and l 0 »Sest. Tail short and rounded. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, with the front 
ver y broad transverse scales. Toes slender ; the middle toe long, the lateral toes rather 
. ln °herate and straight, with the culmen elevated and keeled between the frontal feathers, and 
nort 
and 
of ^ _ er l u al, the hind toe very long and slender ; the claws moderate, weak, and slightly curved, that 
Utl d toe very long and slender. 
Sy5f S ) anlr^) 1 by M - Kittlitz in 1830 (Mem. de l’Acad. St. Petersb. 1831. t. 1. p. 178.). Merulaxis of M. Lesson (1830), Leptonyx 
t 0 ^ m ° Us '^iih^v. rUS of Mr. Swainson, Malacorhynchus of M. Menetries (1834), and Scytalopus of Mr. Gould (1886) are 
® st abli s j) e j i” le llarne employed. It probably embraces Sylviaxis of M. Lesson (1840). 
y M. Cabanis in 1844 (Tsehudi, Fauna Peruana, p. 22.). 
