AVES. 
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ORDER VI—ANISODACTYLI. 
Bill more or less arcuated, subulated, and slender, frequently 
straight; feet with three toes before and one behind, the ex¬ 
terior one always adhering at its base to the middle toe; the 
hallux usually long ; all^ the toes furnished with long and bent 
claws. 
Genus I— OXYRHYNCHUS— Temminck. 
Generic Character _Bill short, straight, triangular at its base, 
thin and subulate at the point; nostrils basal, lateral, naked, and 
half covered by a membrane; tarsus short, being about the 
length of the middle toe; three toes before, the lateral ones 
equal, the external toe attached at the base, the internal one 
free; fourth and fifth quills the longest. 
Oxyrhynchus flammiceps. — The Bright Billed Oxyrhynchus. 
Plate L. fig. 5. 
Brownish-black above; wings olive green; yellowish white 
beneath, with dusky-brown spots; head surmounted by a crim¬ 
son incumbent crest, its sides having three transverse yellowish 
lines. Seven inches long. Inhabits Brazil. 
Genus 2.—SITTA. — Linnceus. 
Generic Character. —Bill straight, cylindrical, slightly com¬ 
pressed, and subulated; upper mandible a little longer than the 
lower one, and acuminated; tongue short, and armed with a 
horny point, basal, somewhat rounded, and partly hid by re¬ 
flected nuchal bristles ; feet with three toes before and one be¬ 
hind, the outer toe joined at its base to the central one ; hallux 
same length as the middle toe, with a long hooked claw; tail 
with twelve feathers; wings short; the first quill very short, 
the third and fourth being the longest. 
Sitta Europcea. — The European Nuthatch. 
Plate XLIX. fig. 4. 
Blackish-gray above ; breast and abdomen buff-orange ; chin 
and face white, with a black streak from the base of the bill, 
passing through the ophthalmic region, and terminating at the 
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