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TENUIIIOSTKES. 



])ranc'lies of trees, by meant^ of their strong curved 

 claws, and supported by the rigid points of their 

 tail-feathers, examining the cracks in the bark, and 

 ])rying among the foliage for insects or their larvas, 

 upon which they principally subsist. Their manners 

 and habits closely assimilate to those of our Common 

 Creeper. The female deposits three or four eggs 

 in the hollow trunk of a tree. 



The type of this Sub-family is the Bendrocohqjtes 

 Uneatocp pi talus. 



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