The Woodhewer Family. 239 
by their feather-hooks when engaged in dislodging 
insects. Another curious variation is found in 
Sylviothorhynchus, a small wren-like bird and the 
Some W oodhewers’ beaks. 
only member known of the genus, with a tail 
resembling that of the lyre-bird, the extravagantly 
long feathers being so narrow as to appear almost 
