CERTHIADiE. 



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Sp. 5. Th ? rectirostris. 



Tn}Juscusjugulo'pectorequepallidioribusj mento nigricante; car- 

 pore medio niveo; rectricibus angustis, nigris; mandibulcB su- 

 periors apice adunco. 



Brown Thriothurus with the jugulum and breast paler ; the chin 

 dusky ; the middle of the body snow-white ; the tail-feathers 

 narrow, black ; the tip of the upper mandible hooked. 



Troglodytes rectirostris. Swain. Zool. lUust. iii. pi. 140. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length about five inches : beak 

 straight, triangular at the base, the sides compressed, 

 tip of the upper mandible bent down and notched : 

 nostrils large, lengthened, covered by a membrane, 

 which (except at the base) is naked : the aperture 

 terminal, near the edge of the beak narrow and ob- 

 long : the feathers on the rump and flanks remark- 

 ably long 'y the three fore-toes slender, and all con- 

 nected at their base as far as the first joint : tail 

 even, and rather long ; its feathers very narrow, 

 weak, and deep black : plumage above light or red- 

 dish-brown ; sides of the head, neck, breast, and 

 body the same, but tinged with fulvous : the chin and 

 upper part of the throat blackish, but the margin of 

 the feathers partly white : lower part of the throat 

 and breast dusky : middle of the body pure white ; 

 under wing-coverts, inside margins of the quills, and 

 edge of the shoulders, white. 



GENUS CCXLIII.— ANABATES, Temminck. 



Rostrum rectum, capite aut 

 brevior, aut longius com- 

 pressum, basi altior quam 

 latius, ad apicem paulo ar- 

 cuatum, integrum. 



Beak straight, shorter or 

 longer than the head, com- 

 pressed, higher at the base 

 than broad, a little bent at 

 the tip, intire. 



