AVES. 509 



Gray, Certhia spiza L.?, Certhia spiza Gm. var. ^., Buff. PI. enl. 578, 

 fig. 2, &c. Compare Sclater in Jardine, Contrib. to Orniih. 1851, 

 Part IV. These little birds of South America appear, like the CeHhi(v, 

 to creep on trees. 



Comrostmm Orbigny, Lafeesn. 



See Synops. Avium Americce, Revue Zool. 1842. 



Diglossa Wagl., Campylojos LiCHT. , Uncirostrum Lafeesn. 

 Bill moderate, compressed, straight, with tip hooked; lower man- 

 dible gibbous, ascending. Wings with fourth quill longest. Tail 

 rounded. 



Comp. Wagler, Isis, 183-2. Sp. Diglossa haritula Wagl., Gray, Gen. 

 of Birds, PI. XLii. ; — Diglossa bruneiventris Desmurs, PI. p)eint. 43, &c. 



Zosterops ViGOES, Hoesf. Bill shorter than head, acuminate, 

 with culmen subcurved, finely emarginate at the tip. Nostrils 

 placed in a lateral fossa, covered by membrane, linear. Wings 

 with ten primaries, third and fourth subequal, longest of all. Tarsi 

 long. Tail moderate, even. 



Sp. Zosterops madegascariensis, Motacilla inadegascariensis L., Briss. Omith. 

 III. PL 28, fig. 2 ; — Zosterops flava, Swains. Birds of W. Africa, 11. PI. 3 ; 

 — Zosterops palpebrosa, Sylvia palpebrosa, Tbmm. PI. col. 293, fig. 3. Small 

 birds mostly of a yellow-green colour, greyish beneath ; they occur in the 

 East Indies, Africa and Australia. 



Melithreptus Vieill. (in part), Geay. Bill shorter than head, 

 subulate, with culmen rounded. Nostrils placed in a fossa. Wings 

 with ten primaries, third, fourth and fifth longest of all, subequal. 

 Tail moderate, even. 



Sp. Melithrep)tus lunulatus, Certhia lunidata Shaw, 3feliphaga atricapilla 

 Temm. pi. col. 335, fig. I, &o. Species from Australia and Van Diemen's 

 Land. 



Myzomela ViGOES and Hoesf. Bill moderate or longer than 

 head, slender, curved, compressed towards the tip, acuminate. 

 Nostrils basal, covered by membrane, with aperture linear. Wings 

 with ten primaries, third, fourth and fifth subequal, third and fourth 

 mostly longest of all. Tail subemarginate or even, moderate. 



Sp. Myzomela sanguinolenia, Certhia sanguinolenta Lath. ; — M. chermezina 

 Gray, Gen. of Birds, PI. xxxviii. ;— Myzomela Boiei Mueller, Vcrh. 

 over de nat. Gesch. &c. Avcs, Tab. 10, figs, i, 2, &c. 



