ALECTRURIM. 
opening ronnded and exposed. Wings moderate, with the second and third quills equal and longest. 
Tail much lengthened and greatly forked. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, strong, and covered 
in front with transverse scales. Toes moderate, strong, with the lateral ones equal, and the outer 
slightly united at the base ; the hind toe long ; the claws long, compressed, and acute. 
The type of this genus is peculiar to the tropical parts of South America. 
G. Yetapa (Vieill.) Encyc. Meth. p. 834. — Muscicapa yiperu ninghami Such, Zool. Journ. ii. pi. 4. : G. forficata Swains. Nat 
Licht. ; M. longicauda Spix, Av. Bras. t. 27. ; Gubernetes Cun- Libr. x. Flyc. pi. 5. 
Copurus Shield . * 
Bill short, depressed, and broad at the base, with the culmen rounded, and slightly sloping to the 
tip, which is suddenly curved and emarginated ; the gonys long and slightly ascending ; the gape 
furnished with a few short bristles ; the nostrils basal, rounded, and exposed. Wings long, with the 
third and fourth quills equal and longest. Tail rather long, broad, and even, with the two middle 
feathers much prolonged, and the ends only webbed. Tarsi as long as the middle toe, slender, and 
covered with broad scales. Toes rather short, with the outer rather longer than the inner, and united 
at the base ; the claws short, curved, compressed, and acute. 
The two species of this division are found in the warmer parts of South America. 
1. C. filicauda (Spix), Strickl. Av. Bras. t. 14. - Muscicapa co- 
lonus Vieill. ; M. leucocilla Hahn. ; M. monachus Licht. Azara, 
No. 1 80. ; Platyrhynchus platurus Vieill. ? 
2. C. leuconotus Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842. p. 335. 
* 
* Mr. Strickland established this genus in 1842. 
September, 1847. 
