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FAMILY IV. TENUIROSTRES. 
GENERA AND SUB-GENERA. 
Pa, 
1. Upupa, Lin. Hoopoes. 
a. Fregilus, Cw. 
Beak longer than the 
head. Fig. 155. 
Nostrils covered with 
feathers directed for- 
wards. 
h. Upupa proper. 
c. Promerops, Briss. 
Tongue extensible 
and forked. Fig. 115. 
d. Epimachus, Cuv. 
A double row of fea- 
thers on the head, erected 
at will. Fig. 118. 
No crest. 
Scaly or velvet- like 
feathers covering a part 
of the nostrils. Fig. 161. 
Tail very long ; live on 
the juices of flowers. 
2. Certhia, Lin. Creep- 
ers. 
a. Certhia proper. 
b. Dendrocolaptes, Her. 
Picucules. 
Beak stronger, and 
broader transversally. 
C. TiCHODROMA, IlUg. 
Beak triangular, de- 
pressed atthebase, very 
long and slim. Fig. 117. 
d. Nectarinia, //%. Su- 
gar-birds. 
Beak moderately long, 
arched, pointed and 
compressed as in the 
Certhia. Fig. 114. 
Climb trees like the 
Pici., using their tail as a 
support, the pen-feathers 
of vv^hich are worn and 
terminate in stiff" points. 
Fig. 90, bis. 
Ditto. 
Tail not worn. 
Ditto. 
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Use their long nails, 
nly, in climbing. Fig. 
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