SI 6 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OP BIRDS. 
SYNALLAxiSjVieill. (Jig.‘282.b') Bill short, rather strong. 
straight : both mandibles of equal thickness, entire, 
and much compressed ; the margins of the upper in- 
flexed beyond the nostrils. Frontal feathers rather 
rigid. Wings very short, and much rounded ; the 
primaries scarcely exceeding the tertials. Tail broad, 
more or less lengthened, and either graduated or cu. 
neated; the webs soft and loose, but the shafts rather 
rigid i the tips lanceolate. Feet very large. Tarsus 
lengthened. Middle toe longer than the hinder ; 
lateral toes equal. Claws slender, acute, and but 
slightly curved ■ the three anterior rather small. 
S.garrulus. Z. Ill.i.pl. l.'JS. cimiamominus. Spix,i.pl.85.f.2. 
Dendroma, Sw. (^fig. 282. c) Bill straight, entire, much 
compressed ; the culmen straight, but the tip suddenly 
bent down and indexed over that of the lower man. 
dible. Wings moderate, rounded. Tail somewhat 
stiff, lengthened, graduated, and very obliquely 
pointed. Tarsus longer than the middle and the 
hind toes. Lateral toes unequal, the inner shortest ; 
hind and middle toes of equal length. AH the claws 
moderate and broad, and fuUy curved. The toes more 
or less free. 
D. caniceps. Braz. Birds, pi. 80. 
Anabates, Temminck.* (Jig. 282. a) Bill strong, very 
straight, greatly compressed, conic when viewed in 
profile : the tip not inflexed : the culmen and gonys 
equally inclining towards the tip. Commissure 
straight. Wings very short, rounded. Tail some- 
what stiff, lengthened, graduated ; the feathers broad, 
but^with the tips pointed. Tarsus shorter than the 
• This is not strictly Anabates of Teinminck, who includes under that 
name three out of the five genera of this subfamily. 
