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tachetl at the base; the first quill awanting, or very short, the third and 

 fourth the longest. 



Nectariniu chatybea. — The Chalybean Nectarinia. Plate xxxvii. fig. 5. 

 Head, neck, breast, lesser witig'-coverts, and back, rich golden-green ; wings 

 and tail dusky-brown ; breast crimsun, with atransverse band of steel-blue ; 

 abdomen white. Lengfth four inches and a half. Inhabits the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Genw 12.— CLIMACTERIS.— reTOOTsnci. 



Generic Character. — Bill short, much compressed, and subulate ; mandi- 

 bles of equal length, and pointed ; nostrils situated near the base, and cover- 

 ed by a naked membrane ; tarsus the length of the middle toe, which, with 

 the hallux, is very long ; claws long and hooked, furrowed on the sides ; ex- 

 terior toe attached as far as the second joint, the interior one as far as the 

 first joint; third and fourth quills the longest. 



CUmacteris scandeus. — The Climbing Climaeteris. Plate xlvii*. fig. 4. Dark 

 brown above ; rump and middle tail feathers lead-coloured ; throat and 

 neck, in front, white ; breast and abdomen cream-yellow ; hypochondria and 

 under tail-coverts clouded with brown and white ; wings brown, with two 

 paler transverse bands. Five inches and three quarters long. Inhabits New 

 Holland. 



Genus 13.— TICHODROMA Illiger. 



Generic Character. — Bill very long, slender, slightly arcuated, cylindrical, 

 angular at the base, depressed at the point; nostrils basal, naked, and half 

 ilosed by an arcuated membrane ; the exterior toe attached at its base 

 to the middle toe ; claw on the hallux very long ; taU round, with the 

 fihafts weak. 



Tichodroma phoenicoptera. — The Wall-Creeper. Plate xxix*. fig. 7. Lead- 

 en-gray ; upper wing-coverts and central quills crimson ; remiges, quills, and 

 tail, black ; lower half of the outer feathers white ; bill, throat, legs and feet, 

 black. Six inches and three quarters long. Inhabits Italy. 



Genus 14— UPUPA. — Linnceus. 



Generic Character. — Bill very long, slightly arcuated, slender, triangular, 

 and compressed ; nostrils basal, lateral, ovoid, open; feet with three toes be- 

 fore and one behind ; the exterior toe united to the middle one as far as the 

 first joint; tail square, consisting of twelve feathers. 



Upupa epops. — The Hoopoe. Plate xxxvii. fig. 8. Head surmoiinted by a 

 crest, consisting of a double row of feathers, tipped with black ; body ferru. 

 ginous ; wings and tail black, the former with five white bands, and the lat- 

 ter with one luniform band ; bill black ; feet dusky. Eleven inches long. 

 Inhabits Europe. 



Genus 15.— EPIMACHUS.— CwutVr. 



Generic Cfiaracter. — Bill considerably longer than the head, slender, arciv 

 ated, compressed and pointed ; upper mandible slightly notched near the tip, 

 and somewhat longer than the lower one ; gape very wide, extending under 

 the ophthalmic region ; nostrils basal, lateral, open to the front, half closed 

 by a feathered membrane ; tongue short and cartilaginous ; legs short ; tar. 



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