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CERTHIADiE. 



GENUS CCXLI— MNIOTILTA, Vieillot. 



Beak short, slender, straight, 

 intire, compressed : man- 

 dibles equal, acute. 



Rostrum breve, gracile, rec- 

 tum, integrum, compres- 

 sum : mandibtdce aequales, 

 acutae. 



D'tgiti exteriores inaequales : 

 pollex gracilis, longius- 

 culus. 



Outer toes unequal : hinder 

 one slender, elongated. 



Sp. ] . Mn. varia. 



Certhia varia. Shaxu, v. viii. p. 234. pi. 34. — Sylvia varia. 

 Steph. V. \. p. 639. — North America. 



GENUS CCXLII.— THRIOTHURUS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum longiusculum, cy- 

 lindricum, arcuatum, te- 

 nue, integrum : mundihula 

 aequales. 



Pollex longiusculus, gracilis : 

 digiti exteriores inaequales. 



Aide breves, rotundatae 

 Cauda ascendens. 



Beak lengthened, cylindric, 

 arcuated, thin, intire : 

 mandibles equal. 



Hinder toe lengthened, 

 slender: exterior toes un- 

 equal. 



Wings short, rounded. 



Tail ascending. 



M. Vieillot places this genus amongst the 

 Creepers : the species all inhabit America. 



Sp. 1. Th. Ludovicianus. 



Sylvia Ludoviciana. Steph. v. x. p. 713. — North America. 

 Sp. 2. Th ? torquatus. 



Sylvia torquata. Vieill. Ois. de V Amer. Sept. ii. 38. — Sylvia 

 Amei-icana. Steph. v.Ti.. 611. — North America. 

 Sp. 3. Th? Pinus. 



Sylvia Pinus. Steph. v. x. 737. — North America. 

 Sp. 4. Th .? Americanus. 



Parus Americanus. Steph. v. x. 43. — 'North America. 



