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vatus. Nares laterales, anteriils in sulco brevi lato siti, aperturd 

 magnd rotundata nuda. Ala breves, basin caudae operientes, for- 

 titer rotundatse, remige sexta omnium longissim^i. Cauda brevis- 

 sima, rectricum apicibus subacutis. Tarsi digito medio breviores, 

 antice squamis latis transversis muniti. Digiti longi, graciles, 

 extimo quam intimo longiore basi coadunato, intimo basi vix 

 coadunato ; postico longo, ungue longo curvato armato. 



Caulodromus Gracei. Caul, rufescens, plumarum scapis strigd 



rufo-albidd notatis, pogoniis interiorihus in dorso nuchdque nigris ; 



tectricibus caudcB superioribus inferioribusque IcBte rufis, alis cau- 



ddque saturate brunneis sirigis duabus nigris alterd d rictu alterd- 



que (breviusculd) d rostri basi ductis, guld pectore abdomineque 



medio rufescenti-albis rufo-hrunneo variegatis. 



Rufous brown, streaked narrowly down the shaft of each feather 



with rufous white ; the inner web of the feathers of the back of neck 



and back black ; the upper and under tail-coverts bright rufous ; the 



wings and tail dark brown ; two streaks of black, one from the gape 



and the other (rather short) from the base of the bill ; the throat, 



breast and middle of the abdomen rufous white, varied with rufous 



brown. 



Total length, 5 inches ; bill, from gape, 1 inch ; wing, 2 inches 2 

 lines; tarsi, 1 inch. 



This proposed division differs from the typical form of Certhia by 

 the length and form of the bill and the position and form of the nos- 

 trils, while the extreme shortness of the tail at once points out a great 

 dissimilarity from those species that properly belong to the above- 

 mentioned genus. 



I have also before me another bird that appears to belong to the 

 same subfamily, which I shall form into a distinct genus, under the 

 name of 



Salpornis. 



Rostrum longum latum basi subdepressum, per totam longitudinem 

 curvatum ; lateribus a naribus fortiter compressis. Gonys elonga- 

 tus, curvatus. Nares laterales, antic^ in sulco lato brevi siti, 

 apertura magna nuda. AIcb longissimae, usque ad caudae apicem 

 fer^ attingentes, acutse, remige prima brevissima, secund^ fer^ 

 longitudinis tertise quartseque, quae sequales et omnium longissimse. 

 Cauda breviuscula, quadrata, rectricum apicibus rotundatis. Tarsi 

 medio digito breviores, squamis latis muniti. Digiti longi, fortes, 

 intimo quam extimo breviore basi param coadunato, extimo lon- 

 gius coadunato ; postico longo, forti, ungue curvato armato. 



The type of this proposed genus is already described by Major 

 Franklin in the Proceedings of the Society under the name of Certhia 

 spilonota (Proc. 1831, p. 121). 



The differences exhibited between this and the former genus are 

 at once seen in the form of the wings, which are lengthened and 

 pointed, and of the tail, which has the ends of the feathers slightly 

 rounded. These characters are like those of Tichodroma, while the 



