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toes equal. Hind claw nearly double the size of the 
anterior ones : all the claws fully curved. America. 
Cudovicianus.Wils.pl. 12. f. 5. rutilans. Braz. B. pi. 14. 
striolatus. Braz. B. pi. 16. Mexicanus. Z. 111. ii.pl. 11. 
rectirostris. Z. 111. i. pi. HO. genibarbis. Part 5. No. 127. 
Troglodytes, Linn. (^^.71. Vol. I. p.l35.) Bill short, 
slender, compressed, like that of a Sylvia. Both 
mandibles entire. Wings very short, and rounded. 
Tail short, narrow, rounded. Legs moderate. Toes 
long ; middle toe as long as the tarsus ; lateral toes 
equal ; hinder toe shorter than the tarsus. Anterior 
claws small, equal ; posterior claw much larger : all 
the claws broad, and fully curved. Europe, America. 
T.Europwus. Selby, pi. 47. f.S. cquinoctialis. Braz.B.pl.13. 
Locumia, Sw. Bill moderate, nearly straight ; the 
culmen gently inclining towards the tip, which is 
entire ; the gonys straight. Wings short, rounded ; 
the first and second quills graduated. Tail soft, 
short, slender, rounded; the tips ovate, but, with 
the shaft, forming a fine soft point beyond the webs. 
Tarsus lengthened. Middle toe longest; lateral 
toes much shorter, and very unequal ; the outer long- 
est, and slightly connected to the middle ; inner toe 
shortest, and cleft to the base ; hinder toe shorter than 
tlie tarsus.' All the claws slightly curved. Brazil. 
L. squamulata. Sw. Braz. Birds, i. pi. 33. 
Tichodroma, llliger. Bill very long, slightly arched, 
cylindrical; the base angulated; the tip depressed. 
Nostrils naked. Feet long and slender. Exterior toe 
united to the base of the middle; hinder toe, with the 
claw, very long. Wings lengthened, broad ; the first 
quill simrious, the second and third graduated, the 
Uirec next longest. Tail short, round, broad, and 
soft. Europe. 
T. muraria. PI. Enl. 372. 
SuBFAM. BUPIIAGINAi. Oxpecker. 
Bill very short. Tail moderate, rigid. Wings mode- 
rate. All the toes divided to their base. The scan- 
sorial division. 
