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bus maculis nigris ad pectus ferè extendentibus utrinque 

 instructis. Remiges fusco-brunnea;, pogoniis externis basi 

 albis, deinde fascia fusco-nigrâ notâque ferrugineu approx- 

 imante instructis : subtus, tectricesque inferiores, brunnes- 

 centi-fuscaj. Rectrices brunnea?, rhacliibus nigris ; subtus 

 brunnescenti-fuscfe. Rostrum nigrum. Pedes pallidè fusel. 

 Longitudo corporis, T-fV ! "^«^ ''^ carpo ad remigem quin- 

 tam, 3^^; cattdce,3^; rostri ad frontem, 4^, ad rictum, ^ ; 

 tarsi, 1^. 

 In honorem Ornithologiei celebert'imi, Domini C. J. Temminck, 

 Societatis Linneanœ Socii Peregrini, qui primiim hoc genus 

 characteribus illustravit, luec species nominatur. 

 M. Temminck in his '■'^Manuel" refers to a species which he 

 gives as the type of this genus, and which he describes as dark- 

 brown above with blaclv spots, the male having a red throat 

 surrounded with black ; the female with a white throat. We 

 suspect our bird to be the female of this species. M. Temminck 

 has not named his bird ; and we consequently take this oppor- 

 tunity of assigning it the name of a naturalist, to whom we are 

 indebted for the characters of the group itself, and for many 

 other valuable additions to Ornithology. 



The Society's specimen was presented to them by Mr. Brown, 

 who met with it near Hat Hill in the year 1804. 



Genus. Climacteris*. Temm. 

 1. Pi CUM NUS. C. fusco-griseus, alis tnaculâ humerali albidâ, 

 remigibus maculis media f err uginea subapicalique fusco-nigrâ 

 fasciatis; subtus pallidior, abdomine strigis albidis fusco-mar~ 

 ginatis lineato. 



* I take this opportunity of correcting an error in the 14th volume of these Trans- 

 actions (p. 459.); where I stated that the tail-feathers of the birds of this genus were 

 rigid, like those of the true Certhia. They are soft and pliant, as in the generality of 

 birds.— V. 



Certhia 



