SITTING. 
^hird and fourth quills the longest, the first shorter than the second, which is shorter than the 
^ r< l and fourth. Tail short and rounded. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and covered in front 
an almost entire scale. Toes long and very slender, the lateral toes unequal, the outer longest and 
^ted at its base, the hind toe nearly as long as the middle one ; the claws long, compressed, 
and 
curved. 
b 
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le two species of this genus are peculiar to New Zealand, where they are found on the bushes, searching the 
a hches and leaves for minute insects, both in their mature and larva states. 
Pi 3 "f ' t° n y*P es (Gmel.) G. R.Gray, Zool. of Ereb. and Terr. Birds, 
g’ ' *•’ Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 88. et Icon. ined. 163. 
Pt 3 f' Chhris (Sparr.) G. It. Gray, Zool. of Ereb. and Terr. Birds, 
• Sparr. Mus. Carls, pi. 33. — Acanthiza tenuirostris Lafr. 
Rev. Zool. 1841. p.242., Mag. de Zool. 1842. Ois. t. 27-1 Mo- 
tacilla citrinella Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 89., et Icon. ined. 164. ; 
M. citrina Gmel. ; Sitta punctata Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de T Astro!, 
i. 221., Ois. t. 18. f. 1. 
Dromodendron.* 
Bill long, much compressed on the sides, Avith the culmen straight, and the lateral margin advancing 
1 War ds to the tip, Avhich is acute, the gonys lengthened and curved upwards ; the nostrils basal, 
iato ra i 
‘ j small, and linear, partly closed by a membrane, and hidden by the frontal plumes. Wings long, 
1 the third and fourth quills the longest. Tail long and rounded, Avith the shaft of each feather 
ponged and rigid. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, robust, and covered with transverse scales. 
o es i 
_ 1Q ng and slender, with the lateral ones unequal, the outer toe the longest, and both united at 
ai (i ° aSe t0 t ^ le first J°’ nt °f ^e middle toe ; the hind toe nearly as long as the middle toe, strong 
ar med Avith a long, strong, and curved claw. 
^ ar ' v ' ui informs us that this bird is common in the forests of Chiloe, and in the woods south of Valparaiso. It 
e constantly seen running up the trunks of the lofty trees, and its food consists of coleopterous insects. 
D. leucosternum Gould, Voy. of Beagle, Birds, pi. 27- 
* p 
' Uj ° v e arjtu.i? U ^ esta blished this genus under the name of Dendrodromus in 18 39, which, having been employed, was changed by me to the 
epenauon i n 1842. 
Mar ch, 1846. 
