CERTHIADiE. 



187 



Dull-brown Orthonyx spotted with black above ; the male with 

 a red throat edged with black ; the female with a white throat. 

 Orthonyx. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. 



Inhabits Australia. 



GENUS CCXXXV.— TICHODROMA, Illiger. 

 WALL-CREEPER. 



Rostrum capite longius, gra- 

 cillimum, basi triangulares 

 et depressum, subcurva- 

 tum, teretiusculmn, inte- 

 grum, acutum. 



Digiti exterior es inasquales. 



Alee longae. 



Petrodroma, Vieillot. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 very slender, its base tri- 

 angular and depressed, 

 slightly curvated, rounded, 

 intire, acute. 

 Exterior toes unequal. 

 H Wing-s long. 



Sp. L Ti. Europaea. 



Certhia Muraria. Shaiv, v. viii. jo, 189. pi. 25. — The south of 

 Europe. 



Sp. 2. Ti? fiisca. 



Certhia fusca. Shaw, v. viii. p. 238. — The Islands in the 

 Pacific. 



GENUS CCXXXVL— UPUPA, Linne. HOOPOE. 



Rostrum capite longius, sub- 

 arcuatum, basi trigonum, 

 supra convexum, paulo 

 lateratim compressum, 

 apice subobtuso. 



Lingua brevissiraa triquetra, 

 obtusa. 



Rectrices decern. 



Caput cristatum. 



BeaJc longer than the head, 

 somewhat arched, trigonal 

 at the base, convex above, 

 a little compressed late- 

 rally, its tip rather obtuse. 



Tongue very short, thre^- 

 sided, obtuse. 



Tail-feathers ten. 



Head crested. 



