Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals : selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists . e abdomen and vent; theflanks are marked with dusky transverse stripes ; the tail isslightly rounded and three inches and a half long, some ofthe feathers with a very fine line of white at their tips ; allthe quill feathers have the base half of their inner shaftswhite, as well as the greater covers inside, the lesser beingblack ; legs and claws
Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals : selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists . e abdomen and vent; theflanks are marked with dusky transverse stripes ; the tail isslightly rounded and three inches and a half long, some ofthe feathers with a very fine line of white at their tips ; allthe quill feathers have the base half of their inner shaftswhite, as well as the greater covers inside, the lesser beingblack ; legs and claws blackish. I am disposed to consider this bird only as a variety of theGreater pied Barhiit of Dr. Latham, differing in having theplumage on the under part of the body pale ferruginous, orbuff colour, instead of white, as in the specimens he describedfrom Cayenne; mine are from Southern Brazil, where thespecies is not uncommon. This genus includes the American species of the LinnaeanBarbuts; the birds connecting this group with the cuckowsare arranged by Vieillot in a separate genus, named by himMoJiassa; which I think should be retained, as it is of muchimportance to designate strongly connecting links betweenfamilies apparently very •v^ wo. X E N 0 P S genibarbis,Whiskered Xenops. Generic Character. Xeiiops. i^Hoffmansegg. i?i llliger. Prod. p. 213). Rostrum mediocre, rectum, acutiim, vahle comprcssum, inxerse cul-tratum, i. e. culmine recto, g07iyde reciirvd ascendente. Nuresbasales, laterales, otatce, parvce, patidce. Lingua— f Pedes me-diocres, congrui. Digiti antici hasi coadnati, laterales digitum medium xquans. llliger. Bill moderate, straight, acute, much compressed, and inverselycurved; the top of the upper mandible being straight, and theedge of the lower ascending or recurved. Nostrils basal, lateral,oval, small, and covered by a naked membrane. Tongue—. Feetmoderate, clav/s united at their base, the lateral ones nearlyequal; the hi
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