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tached as far as the second joint, the interior one as far as the 
first joint; third and fourth quills the longest. 
Climacteris scandens. — The Climbing Climacteris. 
Plate LX VI. fig. 4. 
Dark brown above; rump and middle tail feathers lead- 
coloured ; throat and neck, in front, white; breast and abdomen 
cream-yellow ; hypochondria and under tail-coverts clouded with 
brown and white; wings brown, with two paler transverse 
bands. Five inches and three quarters long. Inhabits New 
Holland. 
Genus 13.—TICHODROMA.— Illiger. 
Generic Character. —Bill very long, slender, slightly arcuated, 
cylindrical, angular at the base, depressed at the point; nostrils 
basal, naked, and half closed by an arcuated membrane; the ex¬ 
terior toe attached at its base to the middle toe; claw on the 
hallux very long; tail round, with the shafts weak. 
Tichodroma phcenicoptera. — The Wall-Creeper. 
Plate XLI. fig. 7. 
Leaden-gray; upper wing-coverts and central quills crimson ; 
remiges, quills, and tail, black; lower half of the outer feathers 
white ; bill, throat, legs, and feet, black. Six inches and three 
quarters long. Inhabits Italy. 
Genus 14. — UP UP A.— Linnaeus. 
Generic Character.— Bill very long, slightly arcuated, slender, 
triangular, and compressed ; nostrils basal, lateral, ovoid, open; 
feet with three toes before and one behind; the exterior toe 
united to the middle one as far as the first joint; tail square, 
consisting of twelve feathers. 
Upupa epops. — The Hoopoe. 
Plate XLIX. fig. 8. 
Head surmounted by a crest, consisting of a double row of 
feathers, tipped with black; body ferruginous ; wings and tail 
black, the former with five white bands, and the latter with one 
lutiiform band ; bill black; feet dusky. Eleven inches long. 
Inhabits Europe. 
