CERTHIADA. — ANABATIN&. 315 
equal. Anterior claws fully curved; hinder claw 
long, more straightened. South Am. 
S. albogularis. Braz. B. ii. pl. 78. ruficollis. Ib. 11. pl. 79. 
‘Fornantvs, Vieillot. (fig. 280. f,g) Bill lengthened, 
more or less curved, much compressed ; the margins 
inflected in the middle: the tip of the upper man- 
dible bent over the lower, and entire, or with an 
obsolete notch. Commissure slightly curved. Nos- 
trils large, depressed ; the aperture naked and oval. 
Frontal feathers advancing very far on the bill. Gape 
smooth. Wings rather short, rounded. Tail rounded, 
broad ; the tips sometimes cuspidate, rarely pointed, 
but always soft. Feet large, strong, ambulating. 
Lateral toes equal, or very nearly so, and with all the 
joints free. Claws moderately curved. Hinder toe 
and claw very strong; much longer than the lateral 
toes. South America only. 
_ F. melanotis. Part 5. No. 132. leucopus. Part 5. No. 133. 
griseus. Ib. No. 134. 
Susram. ANABATINA. Tree-Runners. 
Bill rather short, strong, straight. Tail cuneated and 
stiff ; but the tips of the shafts do not project beyond 
the webs. Toes moderate: middle toe always longer 
than the lateral; and all are more or less free. The sub- 
typical division. S. America only. 
Gropates, Sw. (fig. 280. d,e) Bill short, straight, 
entire, resembling Synallawis. Wings rather length- 
ened ; the first quill rather shorter than the three 
next, which are equal, and the longest ; tertials broad, 
lengthened, nearly as long as the primaries. Tail 
short, rounded. Feet slender, ambulating. Tarsi 
lengthened. Claws small, and but slightly curved 
(fig. 280. d). Lateral toes unequal ; the inner short- 
est, and cleft to the base ; the outer united to the 
middle for half its length ; hallux, or hinder toe, of 
the same length as the outer toe. 
N.B.—The structure of the feet separates this type from Furnarius, ~ 
which it seems to represent in this group. 
G. brevicauda. Part 5. No. 196. 
