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hatch). Bluish ash colour above; reddish beneath; a blackish band 
descending behind the eye; size of a Rouge-gorge*. 
It has been thought necessary to separate from the Sitte, the 
Xenoprs }, Jilig. 
Which only differs from them in the bill being rather more compressed, 
and the inferior ridge more convexf. 
ANABATES, T'emm. 
In which, on the contrary, the superior ridge of the bill is somewhat 
convex, almost like the bill of a thrush which has no emargination. The 
tail, in some, is long and cuneiform, and occasionally worn, a proof that 
it supports them in climbing]||. 
Synatiaxis, Vieill, 
A straight bill, but little elongated; very much compressed, slender, 
and pointed; the tail generally long and pointed§. 
There are even some of them in which the stems of the tail-quills are 
very stout, and project beyond the barbs J]. 
Those birds which have received the name of 
Certuia, Lin. 
Or the Creepers, have an arcuated bill, but that is almost the only com- 
mon character they possess. 
We separate from them, in the first place, 
Certuia, Cuv. 
The True Creepers, so called from their habit of climbing trees, like 
Woodpeckers, in doing which they make use of their tail as a prop or sup- 
porter; they are known by the quills of the tail, which are worn, and ter- 
minate in a stiff point, like those of the same birds. 
There is one found in Europe, 
C. familiaris, L.; Enl. 681, 1; Naum. 140. (The European 
* Add the §S. @ sourcil blane (S. canadensis, Briss.) Enl. 623, 2;—the Black- 
headed N. (S. melanocephala, L.), Catesb. I, xxii; Vieill. Gal. 171;—S. frontalis, Swains. 
Zool. Ill. 2, or S. velata, Tem. Col. 72, 3, or Orthorynchus frontalis, Horsf. Jav.;— 
S. chrysoptera, Lath., 3d Supp. 327;—S. pusilla, Id. 
+ Vieillot has changed this name into Neops. 
+ Xenops rutilus, Licht., Col. 72, 2, or Neops ruficauda, Vieill. Gal. 170;—Xenops 
Hofmanseggii, Col. 150, 1, Vaill. Prom. 31, 2;—Xenops anabatoides, Col. 150, 2. 
"|| Anabates cristatus, Spix, 84;—An. rufifrons, Id. 85, 1;—Philydor ruficollis, 1d. 
75;—Phil. albogularis, Id. 74;—Phil. superciliaris, Id. 73; perhaps the same as the 
Anabates amaurotis, Tem. Col. 238, 2;—Sphenura striolata, Spix, 83, 2, or Anabates 
striolatus, Tem. Col. 23, 1. } 
§ Synallaxis ruficapilla, Vieill. Gal. 174, or Parulus ruficeps, Spix, 86, from which 
the Syn. albescens, Tem. Col. 227, 2, and the cinerascens, Ib. 3, do not appear to me 
to differ specifically ;—Syn. rutilans, Col. 227, 1;—Syn. tessellata, Col. 311, 1;—Syn. 
setaria, Ib. 2;—Prinia familiaris, Horsf. Jay.?—The Fluteur, Vaill. Afr. 112, or Ma- 
lurus africanus, Swains. Il. 170, merely has a somewhat higher bill. 
4; Dendrocolaptes sylviellus, Temm., Col. 72, 1.  Vaill. Prom. 31, 2. 
