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more pointed win^s than the next ; the second, third, and fourth 

 quills being nearly of equal length, and longer than the others ; 

 and the tail only projects three quarters of an inch beyond : 

 the carpus is white; and there is a spot of the same colour in 

 the middle of the outermost feathers of the spurious wings : 

 the broad white band across the base of the quills gives it an 

 angulated form, but it disappears on the four exterior prima- 

 ries : behind the eye is a white stripe, leaving the ears dark 

 brown : the tail is rounded, the webs much worn, and the shafts 

 in a slight degree rigid : the form of the bill, also, makes some 

 approximation towards that of Certhia and Synallaxis. I hope 

 soon to indicate the subgenera of this interesting group, of 

 which there are several other species. I have no doubt it is the 

 grallatorial division of the Certhiance. 



208. FuRNARius^ma^w*. 



Entirely banded, both above and beneath, with black- 

 ish brown and white : crown grey, with dusky spots : 

 tip of the chin white. Tail rather lengthened. 



Inhabits Peru. Mus. Hooker. Nost. 



Total length 8^ inches; bill, gape l^^,. fj-ont ] ; wings 3| ; tail, 

 beyond, 2 ; base 3f ; tarsus 1 ; middle toe and claw ^. " Form 

 typical. Bill nearly straight: tail with the lateral feathers 

 graduated ; third and fourth quill equal, and longest. 



209. Genus. Zenophasia. Nob. 



Wings, tail, and feet as in Dendrocolaptes. Outer and 

 middle toe of equal length; inner toe much shorter, and 

 equal to the hallux : anterior claws much curved ; hinder 

 less so : bill short, straight, strong, nearly as broad as 

 it is high, suddenly and considerably depressed near the 

 tip, which is rounded, and slightly recurved ; gonys 

 ascending'; commissure straight. 



This most singular form obviously represents Zenops, in the 

 subfamily of Certhiance, from which it totally differs in the 

 structure of its bill, tail, and feet : in the two latter members 

 it agrees with Dendrocolaptes, to which it is closely related in 

 affinity. Nevertheless, as the five types of that genus have 

 been already pointed out, it follows that Zenophasia should 

 come immediately after : and, under these views, it will take 

 the place hitherto assigned to Sclerurus; which thus appears to 



