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CERTHIAD^. 



Nares basales, laterales, 

 ovatae, membrana plu- 

 mosa partim tectae. 



Alee breves; remiges primae 

 et secundae tertiae bre- 

 viores, quartae et quintae 

 longissimae. 



Cauda rachidibus debilibus 

 baud acutis. 



Nostrils basal, lateral, ovate, 

 partly covered by a plu- 

 mose membrane. 



Wings short : the first and 

 second quills shorter than 

 the third ; the fourth and 

 fifth longest. 



Tail with weak shafts not 

 acute. 



Sp. 1. An. Guianensis. 



Sylvia Guianensis. Steph. v. x. p. 678. — Guiana. 



Sp. 2. Anabates striolatus, Temm. PI Col. 238. f. 1. 



An, supra Jiiscus strigis longitudlnalibus rufo-fuscus; mento cau- 

 ddqtie ritjis; genis, lateribus colli, corporeque infra olivaceo- 

 Juscis albo longitudinaliter strigosis. 



Anabates above brown with longitudinal red-brown stripes ; the 

 chin and tail red 3 the cheeks, sides of the neck, and body be- 

 neath olive-brown longitudinally striped with white. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length seven inches : the top 

 of the head, the nape, the back, and the wings are 

 coffee-brown, with small longitudinal stripes of red- 

 brown in the direction of the shafts : the greater 

 wing-coverts and the quills are of an uniform colour, 

 with their inner webs dusky : the chin and the tail 

 are clear red : the cheeks, the sides of the neck and 

 all the under parts are olive-brown, dashed with 

 white, in the direction of the shafts of the feathers : 

 the tail is long, much wedged : the beak is bluish, 

 and the legs brown. 



Sp. 3. Anabates amaurotis. Temm. PI. Col. 238. J". 2. 



An. olivaceO'fiLscus vertice nigro lineato; linea Jusca supra oculos 



ad auribus extendente ; et pone oculos fascia Jlavescente alba; 



pectore albidofiisco. 



