CISTOTHORUs. — THOOLODYTES 



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Js^est. It l)nikls its nest on the outside of houses (ScJioml'urgk). 



Kg<is. The eggs are white and four is the usual number of each 

 clutch i^Schomhiirgk). 



Range conjined to British (j-niana. Mount Rorainia [WhiteJg). 



Hal'its. Schoinlnirgk writes (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 673) that 

 this beautiful songster is chiefly found in the vicinity of human 

 dwellings, especially near the settlements of colonists. It builds 

 its nest eren on the outside of the liouses. Owing to the sweet- 

 ness of its song it is encouraged by hanging up empty bottles, 

 etc. in the hulls and other suitable places, which are very cpiickl}^ 

 utilised by the bird. The eggs are white, four is the usual 

 number of each clutch, and two or three broods are reared during 

 the year. 



Genus TROGLODYTES Vieill. 



Troglodytes Vieillot, Ois. d'Amer. Sept. ii. p. 52, pi. 107, 1S07. Type 

 I. aeilo/i (Vieill. J. 



Fiar. l'^9. — To show the lonsr bill. 



The species on which this genus was founded are also small 

 birds with barred wings and tail but no longitudinal streaks on the 

 back, which is unitbrm or slightly l)arred. The bill is pointed and 

 coMipressedj its depth at the base being about one-third the length of 

 the exposed culmen. The wing is rounded, the third, fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth primaries are longest and etjual, and the second about 

 equal in length to the eighth. Tlie ti.il is rounded at the tip and 

 about four-fifths the length of the wing. The tarsus exceeds the 

 len«Jth of tiie exposed culmen by altout one-third, and the hind toe 

 and claw are about eijual in length to the miildle toe and claw. 

 Coloration : male and female alike. 



Keg to the Sjiecies. 



A. Upper surface greyish brown T. chiritu, p. 360. 



B. L'pper surface cbocolate-brown T. rufulus, p. 3G2. 



