230 



SYLVJAD^. 



Rusty-red Synallaxis streaked with black above j \i \th the fore- 

 head, lores, and stripe through the eyes white ; the head and 

 nape with black feathers edged with white. 



Muscicapa stenura. Temm. PL Col. 167.y^ 3. 



Length four inches: the forehead, lores, and a 

 band, in which the eyes are placed, are pure white : 

 the head and nape are clothed with black feathers, 

 which are banded with white : the prevailing colour 

 of the rest of the plumage is rusty-red, the upper 

 parts being dashed with black : the throat and the 

 middle of the belly are whitish-yellow : the tail is 

 dusky edged with white : the beak and the legs are 

 black. 



GENUS CVIIL— TROGLODYTES, Cuvier. WREN. 



nostrum gracile, integrum, 

 rectum, aut paulo curva- 

 tum : mandihulce gequales. 



Alee breves, rotundatae. 



Cauda ascendens. 



Follex brevis. 



BeaTi; slender, entire, straight, 

 or a little curved ; the man- 

 dibles equal. 



Wings short, rounded. 



Tail ascending. 



Hind-toe short. 



Sp. 1. Tr. Europjeus. Stcph. v. x. p. 763.pl. 60. — Britain and 



other parts of Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Tr, furvus. Stepk. v, x. p. 764. — North America. 



GENUS CIX.— REGllLUS, Cuvier. GOLD-CREST. 



Rostrum gracillime, breve, 

 rectum, lateratim subcom- 

 pressum : mandibula su- 

 perior versus apicem te- 

 nuiter laciniata. 



Nares pennis duabus recura- 

 bentibus tectae. 



BeaJc very slender, short, 

 straight, slightly com- 

 pressed laterally : the 

 upper mandible slightly 

 laciniated towards the tip. 



Nostrils covered with two 

 recumbent feathers. 



