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changing to a golden hue on the breast : the middle 

 of the belly, the under tail-coverts, the lores, and 

 round the eyes, are isabella-yellow : the top of the 

 head and the nape are olivaceous, passing to ash- 

 colour on the top of the back ; the rest of the upper 

 parts of the body, the scapulars, two broad dashes 

 resembling whiskers, and the sides are leaden ash- 

 colour : the tail is slightly forked, and is of a deep- 

 ash, with the tip of each feather black : the two greater 

 wing-coverts have a white lunule at the tip : the inner 

 webs of the wing-feathers are dusky, the outer golden- 

 red, with their edges deep yellow : the beak and legs 

 are brown : several crisped feathers clothe the lores 

 and orbits of the eyes, and point forwards : the upper 

 tail-coverts are very long. 



B. Cauda corpore longiore. 



B. With the tail longer than the body. 



Sp. 12. Pa. caudatus. Steph. v. x. p. 59. — Britain and Europe. 



GENUS CXIX.— CALAMOPHILUS, Leach. REED-BIRD. 



Rostrum fere ut in Pari, sed 

 mandibuld superiore apice 

 paulo recurvato. 



Cauda elongata, cuneata. 



Pedes gracillimi. 



Beak nearly as in the Tit- 

 mice, but the upper man- 

 dible, at its tip, is some- 

 what recurved. 



Tail elongated, wedge-shap- 

 ed. 



Legs very slender. 



This genus differs in several minor characters from 

 the Titmice, and the habits of the only species known 



