7 he 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 Woodhcwers' 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 



