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OXYURUS, Sw. {.fig. 280. c) Bill short, straight, very 
slender^ resembling that of a Sylvia ; the sides com- 
pressed, and the margin indexed : the tips entire. 
Wings rather lengthened; the outer quills graduated, 
the fourth and fifth equal. Feet large. Middle toe of 
the same length as the hinder ; lateral toes unequal, 
the outer connected to the middle as far as the first 
point; inner toe shortest. Tail graduated, rigid: 
the inner web broad, and abruptly sinuated at the 
end (A) ; outer web very narrow : tips of the shafts 
hard and naked, as in T)endrocolaptes. S. America. 
O. ornatus. Part S. No. 131. australis. Lath. Syn. iv. pi. 52. 
Dendrocouaptes, llliger. Bill of various forms. Feet 
short {fig.l5. Vol. 1. p. 139.). The outer and middle 
toes of equal length, and connected to the first joint ; 
inner toe much shorter, almost free; hinder toe equal 
to the inner. Anterior claws equal ; hinder 
Tail cuneated, very stiff; the tips of the shafts hard. 
Dendrocolaptes proper, {fig- 281. «) Bill lengthened, 
strong. Culmen slightly arched, and gradually in- 
clined to the tip ; the sides compressed the whole 
length from the nostrils. Tarsus short, strong. Two 
external toes longer than the tarsus ; hinder toe 
slightly shorter. The conirostral type. 
D. decumaiuis. Spix,i. 37. 
Ziphorynchus.S-w. (/jr. 281.6) Bill lengthened, slender; 
both mandibles considerably curved, typically falcated , 
