Genus Grypus Spix

This form, which comprises two species, both natives of Brazil, is remarkable for the bill of the male being different in structure from that of the female.

• 1.

  Grypus nævius

  Habitat: South-eastern Brazil

  Plate 1 Grypus nævius Saw-bill

  • Phæthornis nævius, Jard. Nat. Lib. Humming-Birds, vol. ii. p. 152.
  • Ramphodon nævius, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 15; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 12; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 3.
• 2.

  Grypus Spixi (Gould)

  Habitat: Brazil

  Plate 2 Grypus Spixi Spix’s Saw-bill