CINNYRIDiE. 



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GENUS CCLXV— CINNYRIS, Cuvier. f UN-BIRD. 



Rostrum elongatum, gra- 

 cillimum, arcuatum, apice 

 acutissimo, integerimo, 

 ad basin depressum, la- 

 teribus compressis, margi- 

 nibus inflexis subdentatis ; 

 mandibula inferior con- 

 vexa. 



Nares basales, breves, nudae, 

 ovatse, membrana fissa 

 juxta rostri marginem et 

 basin aperiente, tectae. 



Lingua tubularis, furcata. 



Ales remige prima bre- 

 vissim^, secunda pennis 

 quatuor proximis paribus 

 breviore. 



Pollex gracilis. 



Mellisuga, Vieillot. 



Beak elongated, very slen- 

 der, bent, the tip very 

 acute, entire, depressed at 

 the base, compressed on 

 the sides, the margin in- 

 flected, slightly dentated ; 

 the lower mandible con- 

 vex. 



Nostrils basal, short, naked, 

 oval, clothed by a cleft 

 membrane opening to- 

 wards the edge of "the 

 base. 



Tongue tubular, forked. 



Wings with the first quill 

 shortest, the second shorter 

 than the four following, 

 which are even. 



Hind-toe slender. 



All the species of this splendid genus inhabit 

 the old world ; chiefly Africa and India. 



A. Cauda cequalu 



A. With the tail even. 



Sp. I. Ci, splendida. 



Certhia splendida. Shmu, v. viii. p. 191. /^A 26. 

 Sp. 2. Ci. afra. 



Certhia afra. 8hatx>, v. viii. p. 192. 

 Sp. 3. Ci. superba. 



Certhia superba. Shaxid, v. viii. p. 193. 



