Fam. L a n ia d /e .
Geuus H y p s i p e t e s .
C h a r a c t e r e s G e n e r ic i .
R o s trum s u b e lo n g a tum , clebile, p a rum c u rv a tum , a d a p ic em le v ite r cm a r g in a lu m ; na rih u s
b a s ilib u s , la te r a lib u s , lo n g itu d in a lib u s , m em b r a n h p a i t i in c la u s is ; r ic /iw s e tis p au c is , p a rum
rig id is.
AI<£ su b e lo n g a ta ? , su b a c um in a ta s ; r em ig e prim& b r e v i, s e c u n d ^ lo o g io r i sep lim m rnqua li, te rtiS
e t sexth, fe q u a lib u s , q u a r ta e t qu in th . m q u a lib u s longissiinis.
P e d e s lirevissim i, t l e b ilio r e s ; a c ro ta rsiis scu te lla tis.
Cauda su b c lo n g a ta , fo rlic a ta , r c c tr ic ib u s e x tro r s um s p e c ta n tib u s .
T a b . X .
H Y P S I P E T E S P SA ROID E S .
Ih jp s . ca p ite supra su b c rista to , rem ig um apic ibus, re c tr ic ib u sq u e n ig r i s ; corpore alisq u c cineraceo-
g r is e is ; abdomine imo crissoqxie p aU idioribus.
R o s tr um ¡¡edestloe flavi. Te c tricum a la rum r em ig um q a e p o g o n ia in lo rn a fusca. Tectrices
a la rum in fc rio re s c ine ra c eo-grisc c e .
L o n g itu d o corporis, l U u n c . ; alee a c a rp o a d a p ic em rem ig is Stim, 5 ; ro s tr i, I ; ta r s i, i ;
caudce, 4t-
Two or three specimens of this singul.tr bird were in the collection whicli exhibited the first examples o f the
genus thus established ; snbsequcntly, liowcvcr, two o r tlircc other species liavc been made known to science
fully confimuiig the propriety of separating the group.
O f the manners and habits of the Hypsipetes psm-oides wc liave to regre t th a t no Infonnntion has hitherto
reached as. We may be led to conelnde from the general form, the pointed wing, the broad and forked tail
and the shortened tarsi, that its nataral sitnation is s em i-a e ria l.-i. e., that it resides among trees bat ob’
taiiis Its food principally in the air.
Wc have reason to believe tliat the sexes exhibit no dilferenee in their plumage. The head is slightly
crested with narrow black feathers. The general plumage is o f a elnereons grey, becoming palcron the nndei
parts, the tips oi die wings and the tail excepted, which are of a brownish bla ck ; a few black feathers
occupy the sides ol tlic fa c e ; the beak and feet are orange.
We have figured an adult bird o f its natural size.
H Y P 8 H - E T * S P E S A K O I « E S .