Genus— C LABORHYNCHUS. 
Cladorhynchus Gray, List Genera Birds, p. 69, 1840 Type C. leucocephalus. 
Leptorhynchus Du Bus, Mag. de Zool., 1835, pi. 45 (not 
of Lowe, 1822 ; Clift, 1829 ; Guerin, 1830 ; or 
Menetr, 1832) Type C, leucocephalus. 
Recurvirostra, Boie, Isis 1826, p. 979 (not of Linne, 1758) Type C. leucocephalus. 
Xiphidiorhynchus Reichenbach, Vogel NeuhoU, pt. i., 
p. 28, 1845 Type C. leucocephalus. 
Thmta Gistel, Naturg. Thier. Schul., p. ix., 1848 . . Type C. leucocephaliLS. 
The solitary member of the genus Cladorhynchus differs from those of Hypsibates 
in its stouter legs and fuUy webbed toes. The culmen is much more than half 
the length of the metatarsus, the wings are about twice the length of the 
metatarsus, while the tail is short but nearly half the length of the wing. 
There is no hind toe. 
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