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CERTHIAD^. 



Philydor above olive-red, beneath fine red ; with the head ashy- 

 black ; the forehead, throat, stripe above the eyes, round the 

 eyes and spot on the ears rust-colour. 



Inhabits Bahia. Length seven inches and a half. 



GENUS CCXLVIII— FIGULUS, Spix. 



Beakrather long, awl-shaped, 

 somewhat bent towards the 

 tip, intire. 



Rostrum longiusculum, sub- 

 ulatum, ad apicem sub- 

 arcuatum, non emargina- 

 tum. 



Rictus usque infra oculos 

 fer^ prolongatus, subar- 

 cuatus. 



Nares subbasales, ovatae, vix 

 textse. 



Cauda aequalis, breviusculus. 



Gape nearly prolonged be- 

 neath the eyes, a little 

 curved. 



Nostrils nearly basal, oval, 

 scarcely covered. 



Tail even, rather short. 



The species of this genus inhabits Brazil. They 

 construct their nests on the lower parts of trees, near 

 the sides of the water or woods ; they are solitary. 



Sp. 1. Fi. albogularis. Spix, Avium Nova Spec. p. 76.^/. Ixxviii. 



f. 1. male; y. 2. female. 

 Fi. cinnamoyneus suprh, suhtus ochraceo-riifus ; giila crissoque 



albis; strigdgenis supra oculos versus occijmt albo-ochraced ; 



Cauda rufa; vibrissis brevibus. 

 Figulus above cinnamon-colour, beneath ochraceous-red, with the 



throat and vent white, a stripe from the cheeks above the eyes 



towards the occiput of an ochraceous-white ; the tail rufous ; 



the vibrissse short. 



