CERTHIADiE. 



187 



Dull-brown Orthonyx spotted with black above ; the male with 

 a red throat edged with black ; the female with a white throat. 

 Orthonyx. Temm. Man. d'Orn, 2 Edit. 



Inhabits Australia. 



GENUS CCXXXV.—TICeODROMA, 

 WALL-CREEPER. 



Illiger. 



Rostrum capite longius, gra- 

 cillimum, basi triangulares 

 et depressum, subcurva- 

 tum, teretiusculum, inte- 

 grum, acutum. , 



Digiti exteriores inaequales. 



Alee longae. 



Petrodroma, Vieillot. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 very slender, its base tri- 

 angular and depressed, 

 slightly curvated, rounded, 

 intire, acute. 



Exterior toes unequal. 



Wings long. 



Sp. 1. Ti. Europsea. 



Certhia Muraria. Shan}, v, viilp. 189. pL 25. — The south of 

 Europe. 



Sp. 2. Ti? fusca. 



Certhia fusca. Shaiu, v. viii. p. 238. — The Islands in the 

 Pacific. 



GENUS CCXXXVL— UPUPA, Linn6. HOOPOE. 



Rostrum capite longius, sub- 

 arcuatum, basi trigonum, 

 supra convexum, paulo 

 lateratim compressum, 

 apice subobtuso. 



Lingua brevissima triquetra, 

 obtusa. 



Rectrices decern. 



Caput cristatum. 



Bealc longer than the head, 

 somewhat arched, trigonal 

 at the base, convex above, 

 a little compressed late- 

 rally, its tip rather obtuse. 



Tongue very short, three- 

 sided, obtuse. 



Tail-feathers ten. 



Head crested. 



