Order IT. PASSERES. 
Tribe II. Tendirostees. 
^ le fifth Family, 
CERTHIDfE, or Creepers, 
^ Q Ve the BiU more or less long, and generally slender, Avith the tip entire and slightly arched ; the 
str hs usually small, and covered by a membranous scale ; the Wings of various lengths, sometimes 
and sometimes rather pointed ; the Tail varying much in length and form ; the Tarsi and 
„ Bering much in length, especially the latter, and forming characters for the separate subfamilies 
large group. 
fifth Subfamilv, 
FlJRNARINiE, or Oven-Rirds, 
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its ^ 6 ° es r< fther long, the lateral ones unequal, the outer rather the longest, and slightly united at 
ase > the inner toe free at its base. 
Furnarius Vieill. * 
tii , rilore or less long, slender, and compressed on the sides, with the culmen slightly curved at the 
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ls entire ; the nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a small nasal groove, with the opening oval, 
Closed by a membrane, and clothed with the frontal plumes. Wings moderate, Avith the first 
than the second, and the latter shorter than the third, which is slightly shorter than the 
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an fi fifth ; these are very nearly equal and longest. Tail moderate, rather square, or rounded 
Mth ^ Si< ^ S ‘ T ars i much longer than the middle toe, and covered with broad scales. Toes moderate, 
Uii ( ^l ^eral toes equal, and the outer one united at the base ; the hind toe nearly as long as the 
t0< '’ s trong, and armed Avith a strong curved claAV. 
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dveiv 0 Warmer P a, 't3 °f South America that these small birds are found, especially in the bushes on the banks 
aC ^ Ve > and ' ° r m ^'fi 080 near the dwellings of man, and even in open places. They are always seen in pairs, very 
Prit°n„ 0(1 Ca pable, when on the ground, of running and walking with great rapidity; their flight is not much 
Pin,] u > be' 
^hll notes"? 11 ^ l0 " V occasi onally feed 011 seeds. When perched on an eminence or tree, the male utters a series of loud 
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lri g only from bush to hush, which they minutely examine for insects, chiefly those of the coleopterous 
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arc peculiar to these birds ; those of the female are of the same kind, though delivered in a much lower 
SoQl etii n 18 generall y fimft > n an exposed situation, as on a thick leafless branch, the top of a paling, or on windoAvs, 
'gs a ] Li CS 0Ven in the interior of houses and other buildings. Both sexes work in concert, and each alternately 
6,1 finished ^ ° lay ’ aU(1 pieces of 8traw > or the dry st ems of plants, which they place, and then go to procure others ; 
’ b has the appearance of an oven, of about six to eight inches in diameter, and about one inch in thickness. 
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"'itli t p Vieillot in 1816 (Analyse, &c. p. 47-). Opetiorhynclius of M. Temminck (1820) and Figulus of Spix (1824) are 
lame employed. 
