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It has been thought necessary to separate from the Sitter, the 
Xenops, Illig.(1) ™ 
Which only differs in the beak being rather more compressed, 
and the inferior ridge more conyex.(2) ° 
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ANABATES, Temm. ‘ Kr 
In which, on the contrary, the superior ridge of the beak is some- 
what convex, almost like the beak of a Thrush which has no emar- 
gination. The tail, in some, is long and cuneiform, and occasionally | 
worn, a proof that it supports them in climbing.(3) 4 
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Synatiaxts, Vieill. & ‘& 
A straight beak, but little elongated; very much compressed, slen- 
der, and pointed; the tail generally long and pointed.(4) 
There are even some of them in which the stems of the tail-quills 
are very stout, and project beyond the barbs.(5) 
Those birds which have received the name of 
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Crerruia, Lin. 
Or the Creepers, have an arcuated beak, but that is the only com- 
mon character they possess. 
We separate from them in the first place, 
Cerruti, Cuv. te. 
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 supporter; they are known by the quills of the tail, which 
are worn, and terminate in a stiff point, like those of the same birds. 
There is one found in Europe, 
(1) Vieillot has changed this name into Neops. 
(2) Xenops rutilus, Licht., Col. 72, 2, or WVeops ruficauda, Vieill. Gal. 170; 
Xenops Hofmanseggit, Col. 150, 1, Vaill. Prom. 31, 2; 5—Aenops anabatoides, Col. 
150, 2. 
(3) Anabates cristatus, Spix, 84;—An. rufifrons, Id. 85, 1;—Philydor rujicollis, 
Id. 75;—Phil. albogularis, \d., 74;—Phil. superciliaris, 1d. 73; perhaps the same as 
the Anabates amaurotis, Tem. Col. 238, 2;—Sphenura striolata, Spix, 83, 2, or . 
Anabates' striolatus, Tem. Col. 23, 1 } ' 
(4) Synallawis ruficapilla, Vieill. Gal. 174, or Parulus ruficeps, Spix, 86, from 
which the Syn. albescens, Tem. Col. 227, 2, and the cinerascens, lb., 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. Jav.’—The Fluteur, Vaill. Afr. 
112, or Malurus africanus, Swains. Ill. 170, merely has a somewhat higher beak. 
(5) Dendrocolaptes sylviellus, Temm. Col. 72,1. Vaill. prom. 31, 2 
