0rder II. PASSERES. 
Tribe II. Tenuirostres. 
Family Y. Cebtheixe. 
Th 
e sixth Subfamily, 
ORTHONYCINYE, or Mohouas 
at ^ I 1068 l° n g and very strong ; the outer toe nearly as long as the middle one, and united slightly 
6 ^ aso > the hind toe moderate and very strong ; the Claws remarkably long, strong, slightly curved, 
acute. 
Orthonyx Temm .* 
s j. ther short, and nearly straight, with the culmen elevated at base, and curved to the tip, which 
iH 0( j ' ^ emarginated ; the sides compressed, and the lateral margins slightly curved ; the gonys 
^oad tC an< ^ asceRf -ii n S' » the gape furnished with weak bristles ; the Nostrils basal, and placed in a 
the f bl °° Ve ’ P ar tly closed by a membrane, leaving the opening exposed. Wings short and rounded, with 
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^th t/ 1 near ty as lon S as the fifth and sixth, which are equal and longest. Tail long and broad, 
th atl ^ l ° s haft of each feather prolonged beyond the web, and rather strong. Tarsi strong, longer 
t° e ] ^ rril hdle toe, and covered in front ivith broad scales. Toes moderate and strong ; with the outer 
h>ao, ^ aS ^ on S as the middle one, and united at the base ; the hind toe long and strong ; the claws 
63 ’ Vei '^ str ong, compressed, and acute. 
The g . 
°tserv et [ c jj 6S pP this division are found in the islands of the South Seas, and also in New Zealand. They are usually 
11>e y o CCa • a hhig the trunks of trees, while searching for their food, which chiefly consists of email insects, although 
dually feed on minute seeds. 
<e M. j q ica uda lemm. PI. col. 428. — Orthonyx maculatus 
a 2 ‘ °. oc / 4 emniinckii Vig. Sf Hors f 
" itn ' P. 87 ° Cep,l " la (Grnel.) — Muscicapa chloris Horst. Desc. 
con. metl. 157.; Certhia heteroclites Quay # Gaim. 
Voy.de PAstr. Ois. t. 17. f. 1. j Orthonyx icterocephalus Lafr. 
Mag. de Zool. 1840, Ois. t. 8. ; Mohoua hua Less. ; Type of Mohoua 
Less. (1837.) 
M. Temminck established this genus in 1820. Mohoua of M. Lesson (1837) is synonymous. 
