CERTHIN&. 139 
Genus, Piprisome, Blyth. 
Bill short and sub-conical, acutely triangular as viewed from 
above ; ridge of the upper mandible angulated, and that of the 
lower ‘slightly so; both of them curved, the lower one perhaps 
most ; tip of the upper over-hanging the lower mandible ; nostrils 
almost closed by the nasal membrane; gape unarmed ; feet rather 
small; tarsus equal to the middle- “toe ; outer-toe ’syndactyle ; ; 
claws ‘moderately hooked ; wings long, reaching to the end of 
tail ; tail short, even. 
Piprisoma agile, Zickeil. 
240.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 376; Butler, Deccan ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 391. 
THE THICK-BILLED mins eeceraa 
Length, 4; wing, 2°25; tail, 1:2; tarsus, 0°5. 
Bill and legs leaden ; irides orange-yellow. 
Above dull olive-ashy, greenish on the rump and upper tail- 
coverts ; wing and tail brownish, the former edged green and 
the tail ‘slightly edged at tip with whitish, which forms a terminal 
spot on the inner web of the outermost feathers ; beneath 
dirty greenish-white, with a few faint striz on the throat, fore- 
neck, and flanks. 
Occurs in the same localities as the last, but as a rule is not 
very common. 
SuB-FAMILY, Certhine. 
Bill generally curved, of moderate length, or rather long, 
slender; wings moderate or long, ample, rounded, of ten 
primaries, the first short; wing-coverts short; tail longish in 
most and with the feathers often stiff and pointed, short in some; 
toes long and slender, outer-toe longer than the inner, much 
syndactile ; inner-toe ‘slightly so; hind-toe very long, and its 
claw longer than the middle one‘; claws long, compressed, and 
curved and all the toes very mobile. 
Genus, Salpornis, Gray. 
Bill long, curved, broadish at base, much compressed beyond 
the nostrils ; wings reaching to the end of the short tail; pointed ; 
first primary very short, second nearly as long as third and fourth, 
which are equal and longest ; tail short, even, soft and flexible. 
Salpornis spilonota, Franklin. 
246.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 382; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. ITI, p. 462. 
THE SPOTTED-GREY CREEPER. 
Length, 5°75 ; wing, 3°5; tail, 1°7; tarsus, 1°6 ; bill at Sent i 
Above fuscous- -orey, white- -spotted, with narrow white streaks 
