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CERTHIAD.E. 



GENUS CCXXXIX. 



Rostrum gracile, lateratim 

 compressum, integrum, 

 mediocre, rectum, acu- 

 tum : mandihula inferior 

 versus medium incurvata, 

 dein recurvata, marginibus 

 a superiore tegentibus. 



Dig'iti exteriores ad medium 

 usque coaliti : pollex tenuis. 



— NEOPS, Vieillot. 



Beak slender, laterally com- 

 pressed, intire, moderate, 

 straight, acute : the loxver 

 mandible incurved towards 

 the middle, then recurved, 

 with its edges covered by 

 the superior. 



Outer toes connected to the 

 middle : the hinder-one 

 slender. 



Sp. 1. ruficaudus. Vieil. Analyse, Sfc. p. 68. (-K^.) 

 Ne. suprd, olivaceo-fuscus, subtus rufo cinereus; capite guttureque 

 albido notatis, superciliis paUidis, striga infra genis nived, 

 remigibus primoribus basi apiceque rufis, in medium cinna- 

 momeis; rectricibus duabus intermediis, lateribusque quatuor 

 rufs, reliquis nigris ; rostro pedibusque rifs. 

 Neops above olive-brown, beneath ashy-red ; with the head and 

 throat spotted with white ; the supercilia pale ; a snow- 

 white stripe beneath the cheeks ; the primary quills red at the 

 base and tip, cinnamon-colour in the middle ; the two middle 

 tail-feathers and four lateral ones red, the rest black ; the beak 

 and legs red. 



Inhabits Guiana. Length four inches. 

 GENUS CCXL— ORTHOTOMUS, Horsfield. 



Rostrum mediocre, rectum 

 subdepressum, basi trique- 

 trum, attenuatum : cul- 

 miue basi carinato, versus 

 apicem leviter arcuata : 

 mandibulcB tomiis rectis- 

 simis. 



Beak moderate, straight, a 

 little depressed, three-sided 

 at the base, attenuated: 

 the culmen carinated at 

 the base, towards the tip 

 slightly bent ; with the 

 cutting edges of the man- 

 dibles very straight. 



