CERTHIAD^. 183 



Sp. 26. De. platyrostris. Spix, Avium Nova Spec. p. 87. 

 pi. Ixxxix. 



De. major, olivaceo-brunneus , rostro breviusculo, ad nares maxil- 



lamqiie iiiferiorem depres&o, latmsculo; guld colloque laterali 



fuho-albis ; maculd auriculari capiteque nigris, albo strigil- 



latis ; pectore nee nan dorsojulvo-strigillatis ; abdomine crissoque 



fulvo nigroque fasciolatis ; remigibus cauddque castatieis. 



Large Dendrocalaptes of an olive-brown, with the beak rather 

 short, depressed from the nostrils, and the under maxilla 

 broadish ; the throat and neck on the side fulvous-white ; a 

 spot on the ears and the head black, strigillated with white; 

 the breast and back strigillated with fulvous ; the abdomen 

 and vent fasciolated with fulvous and black ; the quills and 

 tail chesnut. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



Sp. 27. De. chrysolophus. Illiger. Bed. Trans. 1S20. {Lich.) 

 p. 203. sp.U. 



Inhabits — 



GENUS CCXXXII— CERTHIA Auctorum. CREEPER. 



Rostrum mediocre, subtri- 

 gonale, lateratim compres- 

 sum, gracile, arcuatum, 

 acutum. 



Dig-iti exteriores inaequales. 



Alee brevae. 



Reciricesngidas, subarcuatae, 

 acutae. 



Beah moderate, rather tri- 

 gonal, compressed late- 

 rally, slender, arcuated, 

 acute. 



Exterior toes unequal. 



Wings short. 



Tail-feathers stiff, rather 

 arcuated, acute. 



These birds resemble the Woodpeckers in their 

 manner of climbing, in which they are assisted by 

 their stiff tail-feathers. There is but one European 

 species. 



