CERTHIAD^. 



183 



Sp. 26. De. platyrostris. Spix, Avium Nova Spec. p. 87. 

 Ixxxix. 



De. major, olivaceo-brunneus , rostro brexnusculo, ad nares maxiU 

 lamque injeriorem depresso, latiusculo; gidd collogue later ali 

 fulvo-albis ; maculd auriculari capiteque nigris, albo strigil- 

 latls ; pectore nec nan dorso fuho-strig'dlatis ; abdomine crissoque 

 fulvo nigroque Jasciolatis; remigibus cauddque castaneis. 



Large Dendrocalaptes of an olive-brown, with *the beak rather 

 short, depressed from the nostrils, and the under maxilla 

 broadish ; the throat and neck on the side fulvous-white ; a 

 spot on the ears and the head black, strigi Hated with white ; 

 the breast and back strigillated with fulvous ; the abdomen 

 and vent fasciolated with fulvous and black ; the quills and 

 tail chesnut. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



Sp. 27. De. chrysolophus. Illiger. Berl. Trans, 1820. {Lick.) 

 p. 203. sp.W. 



Inhabits — 



GENUS CCXXXII.— CERT! 



Rostrum mediocre, subtri- 

 gonale, lateratim compres- 

 sum, gracile, arcuatum, 

 acutum. 



Dig'iti exteriores inaequales. 



Alee brevae. 



Ilectricesxigidse, subarcuatae, 

 acutae. 



lA Auctorum. CREEPER. 



Beah moderate, rather tri- 

 gonal, compressed late- 

 rally, slender, arcuated, 

 acute. 



Eocterior toes unequal. 



Wings short. 



Tail-feathers stiff, rather 

 arcuated, acute. 



These birds resemble the Woodpeckers in their 

 manner of climbing, in which they are assisted by 

 their stiff tail-feathers. There is but one European 

 species. 



