184 CERTHIAl)^. 



Sp. 1. Ce. familiaris. &haw, v. vii. p. 186. pi 24 Britain and 



Europe. 



Sp. 2. Ce. Cinnamomea. Shaiv, v. yu. p. 224. — Inhabits ? 



Sp. 3. Ce ? spinicauda. 



Sylvia spinicauda. StepJi. v. x. p. 694, pi, 54.— Terra del Fuego. 

 Allied to the last genus. 



GENUS CCXXXm.— CLIMACTERIS, Temminck. 



Rostrum breve, debile, com- 

 pressum, subarcuatum, 

 subulatum : mandibulcB 

 aequales, acutae. 



Nares basales, laterales, 

 membranii nuda tectae. 



Pedes robusti, digitus me- 

 dius et pollex longissimi : 

 ungues magnse, curvati, 

 lateribus canaliculatis, su- 

 bulatae, valde aduncae. 



Alee mediocres : remex prima 

 brevis, secunda tertiam 

 brevior, tertia et quarta 

 longissima. 



Beak short, weak, com- 

 pressed, somewhat arched, 

 subulated: the mandibles 

 equal, acute. 



Nostrils basal, lateral, clothed 

 by a membrane. 



Legs robust, the middle and 

 hinder toes longest: the 

 claws large, curved, chan- 

 nelled at the sides, awl- 

 shaped, very much hooked. 



Wings moderate: the first 

 quill short, the second 

 shorter than the third, the 

 third and fourth longest. 



Sp. 1. CI. scandens. Temm. PI. Col. 281./ 2. 



Cl. Icete Jiiscus uropygio rectricibusque duabus intermediis plurn^ 

 beis; gula colloque antice albis; pectore ventroque isabellinis; 

 hypochondriis tectr'icibusque inferioribus caudce albo Juscoque 

 mriis; alis Juscis fasciis duabus transversis. 



Deep-brown Climacteris with the rump and two middle tail- 

 feathers lead-colour : the throat and neck in front white 5 the 

 breast and belly isabella-colour ; the sides and under tail-coverts 

 varied with brown and white ; the wings brown with two trans- 

 verse bands. 



