CiEREBINiE. 
These birds are found in pairs, or in small troops on the highest branches of the lofty trees of the South £ 
forests, principally when they are in flower. The nests tfre formed on the summit of the isolated trees. 
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1. D. cayanus (Linn.) Cuv. PI. enl. 669., Vieill. Gal. des Ois. 
t. 165. 
2. D . cyanocephalus (Linn.) D’Orb. Swains.Zool.Illustr.ii.pl. 
117. — Dacnis cyanater Less. ; Csereba cterulea Vieill. 
3. D. plumbeus (Lath.) Cabanis. 
4. D.flaviventer D’Orb. Voy. dans 1’Amer. Merid. Ois. t. 13. 
f. 2. 
5. D. bicolor Boekl. Mem. Mosc. vii.pl. 23. 
6. D. brasilianus (Gmel.) Briss. Orn. iii. t. 32. f. 4. 
7. I), sjriza (Linn.) Seba, ii. t. 3. f. 4. J\ler°P s 
8. D. atricapillus (Vieill.) — Certbia spiza var. |3 Let ^ ^4,9., 
spiza Merr. Ic. Av. t. 5., PI. enl. 578. f. 2., Vieill. Ois- °-^ ect3 rini a 
PI. enl. 578. f. 1. 682. f. 1., Edwards’s Birds, pi- 348. 1 
mitrata Licht. 
9. D. analis D’Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. p. 21. 
Conirostrum 7)’ Orb. <$• Lafr.* 
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Bill short, acutely conical, with the culmen and the gonys straight to the tip ; the base rather ^ 
and much compressed on the sides ; the nostrils basal, lateral, with the opening linear, and covet e g 
hard scale, which is partly clothed with minute plumes. Wings long, with the first quill spurious, < ^ 
and shg 
second nearly as long as the third and fourth, which are the longest, juu ruxag, — ^ 
Toes moderate, s leD 
emarginated. 
Tail long 
Tarsi as long as the middle toe, and covered by broad scales. , 
with the lateral ones nearly equal ; the hind toe long, and rather strong ; the claws long ana 
The species are found in the tropical parts of South America. 
1. C. cinereum D’Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. p. 25. Voy. dansl’Amer. 
Merid. Ois. t. 59. f. 2. 
2. C. albifrons Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842. p. 102., Mag. de Zool. 
1843. Ois. t. 35. 
3. C. sitticolor Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842. p. 102. 
4. C. supereiliosum Hard. Rev. Zool. 1844. p- 2l->- 
Certhiola Sundev.f 
1 \ 0 V ‘U* 
Bill moderate, broad at the base ; the sides much compressed, and the culmen curved 
tip, which is acute; the gonys lengthened, angulated, and arched to the acute tip ; the nostii . ^ ^ 
basal, lunulate, and covered by a membranous scale. Wings moderate, with the first quill s P lU 
the second shorter than the third and fourth. Tail moderate and rounded. — _ 
middle toe, and broadly scutellated. Toes moderate, with the lateral ones unequal, t ie 
ds tIie * 
nostril 5 >»« j 
1 n t lie 
Tarsi longer ^ 
3 ccii 
longest ; the claws moderate and curved. 
The typical species is found in the warmer parts of South America, and in the islands of the West Indie V 
in places that abound with flowering plants and insects. It is usually seen searching the flowers, and extractive, ^ 
the minute insects and nectar, by means of its feathered tongue. It may be observed sitting immoveable 0 ^ 1 1® 
repeating for whole hours its monotonous notes, which, however, are rather pleasing. It suspends its oS tri c ^ 
ends of the flexible branches, especially from those that hang over the middle of the streams, in the form ^ e ptr flIlC ^ 
egg, and composed of moss and dried grass exteriorly, and of cotton and the down of plants interiorly* . * 
is on the under side, which faces the water; the interior is divided into two compartments, one portion ^ 
entry for the bird to the larger division. It is in this latter on the lower surface that the female d e P° 
which are thus protected from the attacks of insects, snakes, and reptiles, that would otherwise feed on then 
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C .flaveola (Linn.) Sundev. Edwards’s Birds, pi. 122. pi. 362. 1 Carls, 
f. 2., Catesby’s Car. pi. 59. — Certhia bartholemica Sparrm. Mus. | Less. 
t. 57. Zool. Illustr. ii. pi. 142.; 
pfectarim® 
a n‘ l] 
ille' l! 
* 
* Established by M. D'Orbigny and Baron Lafresnaye in 1842 ( Synopsis Avium, Mag.de Zool. 1842, P* 
f Established by M. Sundevall in 1835 (Vet. Acad. Handl. 1835, p. 99*) 
January, 1846. 
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