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CLIMBING BIRDS— SCANSORKS. 



the base of the bill, and angular for half the length of the bill, then becoming obsolete 

 though traceable nearly to the tip. Culmen considerably curved from the base ; gonys 

 nearly straight. Nostrils very broad, elliptical ; situated about midway on the side of 



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C. Carnlinus 



the mandible, near the base ; partly concealed. Outer pairs of toes unequal ; the anterior 

 longest. Wings long, broad ; third to fifth primaries ecjual ami longest. Tail feathers 

 rather narrow, .stiffened. 



C. Carohn^is. 



Tlie species are all banded above transversely \vith black and white : the rump white. 

 The head and under parts are brown ; the belly with a reel or yellow tinge. 



