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Genus III.— PTILOGONYS, Swains. PTILOGONYS. 
Bill short, rather strong’, somewhat triangular, depressed at the base, a 
little compressed at the end ; upper mandible wdth the dorsal line convex at 
the end, the nasal groove wide, the sides convex toward the end, with a 
distinct notch, the tip short, rather obtuse; lower mandible with the angle 
rather long and wide, the dorsal line ascending and convex, the sides convex 
towards the end, the tip small, with a slight notch behind. Nostrils linear, 
oblong, partially concealed by the feathers. Head ovato-oblong; neck rather 
short ; body slender. Feet short, and rather slender ; tarsus shorter than the 
middle toe with its claw, compressed, covered anteriorly with a long plate 
and three inferior scutella ; toes free, the outer only adherent at the base ; 
hind toe rather large, stouter, outer a little longer than inner ; claws mode- 
rate, arched, much compressed, laterally grooved, acute. Plumage soft and 
blended ; slight bristles at the base of the upper mandible, and the feathers in 
the angle of the lower jaw bristle-tipped and curved forward. Wings long, 
rounded ; first quill very small, fourth longest. Tail very long, straight, 
emarginate, and rounded, of twelve feathers. 
This genus seems to connect the Thrushes with the Flycatchers. 
TOWNSEND’S PTILOGONYS. 
PTILOGONYS TOWNSENDI, Aud. 
PLATE LXIX. — Eemaxe. 
The only individual of this species that I have ever seen is a female, 
which was shot near the Columbia river, and kindly transmitted to me by 
my friend Mr. Townsend, after whom, not finding any description of it, I 
have named it. The genus, which was instituted by Mr. Swainson, is very 
remarkable, combining, as it appears to me the characters of some of the 
Flycatchers and Thrushes. 
Townsend’s Ptilogonys, Ptitogonys Townsendi, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 206. 
General colour dull' brownish-grey ; quills and coverts dusky brown ; edge 
of wing dull white ; basal part of primaries pale yellow, of secondaries ochre- 
