506 CLASS XVI. 



sltelle, le torchepot, der Kleiber, der BlauspecJd ; back, tail and wings 

 bluish-grey, rosy-yellow below, a black streak across the eye. A restless 

 little bird, which climbs upon the branches of trees not only upward 

 but downwards also, with its head below, which the woodpeckers canno 

 do. It lives on insects, seeds and nuts. 



Note. — Add genus DendropMla Swains. 



Sittella Swains. Wing.s long, witli second, tliird and fourth quills 

 subequal, longest of all, fifth a little shorter than these. 



Sp. Sitta pileata GovhJi, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 151, Sitta melanocephala 

 ejusd. Birds of Aust7\ &LC. 



Certhia Illig. (species from gen. Certhia L.). Bill moderate, 

 slender, snbincurved. Nostrils basal, partly covered above by a 

 vaulted membrane. Wings with first quill short, second and third 

 gradually longer, fourth and fifth longest of all. Tail graduated, 

 with feathers pointed. Toes long; claws curved, the posterior 

 longest of all. 



Sp. Certhia familiaris L., Buff. PI. enl. 68 r, fig. i, Naum. Taf. 140, Less. 

 Ornith. PL 72, fig. i ; the common creeper, le grimpereau, der Baumldufer ; 

 breast and belly white, a white streak above and behind the eyes, tail red- 

 brown, wings brown, spotted yellowish white and red ; a small, lively bird, 

 that seeks for small insects, especially beetles and spiders, on the branches 

 of trees, and does not leave us even in winter. 



Salpomis Gray. (Tail even, short, with feathers rounded. Other 

 characters almost of Certhia.) 



Sp. Certhia spilonota Franklin, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1830, 183 1, p. 121, 

 Gray Gen. of Birds, PI. XLiv. fig. i, India. 



Caulodromus Gray. 



Climacteris Temm. 



Sp. Climacteris picumnus Temm., Certhia leucophcea Lath., Temm. PI. col. 

 281, fig. i; — Climacteris scandens Temm. 1.1. fig. 2, &c. (Species from 

 Australia.) 



Tichodroma Illig. Bill long, subcurved, slender, trigonal at 

 the base. Nostrils basal, partly covered by vaulted membrane. 

 Toes slender, long, with claAvs curved, the posterior longest. 

 Wings ample, with first quill short, fourth and fifth longest of all. 

 Tail rounded. 



Sp. Tichodroma muraria, Certhia muraria L., Buff. PI. enl. 372, Naum. 

 Taf. 141, Less. Ornith. PI. 77, fig. 2, Cuv. B. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 41, 

 fig. i; der Mauerldufer; grey with a crimson spot on the wings; this 



