PARING. 
1. C. novce seelandicB (Gmel.) Lafr. Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, 
pi. 5. f. 1. — Parus urostigma Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 9P-, Icon, 
ined. 166 . 
2. C. maculicaudus G. 11. Gray. — Parus zelandicus Quoy $ 
Gaim. Voy. de I’Astrol. Ois. t. ii. f. 3. 
3. C. albicillus (Less.) G. R. Gray, Voy. de la Coqu. °° 
p. 662. — Parus senilis Dubus, Bull. Acad. Sei. Brux. 1839- 
Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, pi. 5. f. 2. 
Sphenostoma Gould.* 
Bill short, higher than broad, and conic, with the cuhnen curved, and the sides much compressed 
the tip, which is entire, the gonys long and ascending ; the nostrils lateral, and placed in a short, bi° 
groove, with the opening round, and more or less exposed. Wings short and rounded ; with the ca 
fifth, and sixth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail long and graduated. Tarsi as long as the > nJ 
with tiie 
ved, 
toe, strong, and the front covered with broad transverse scales. Toes rather long and strong, 
lateral ones unequal, and the outer slightly united at its base; the claws moderate, slightly cum< 
acute. 
This genus is only found on the low shrubby trees and bushes of the hot plains of the interior parts o 
The habits and manners are at present unknown to naturalists. 
1. S. cristatum Gould, Syti. of B. of Austr. pi., B. of Austr. 
pi. 
2. S . leucopsis (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. VJB. 
Xerophila Gow/e! (1840). 
■ TyP e 
of 
Parisoma Swains. f 
iiiat 6 ' 
;e<b 
Bill moderate, with the culmen curved, and the sides much compressed to the tip, which is emai 0 
the gonys rather short, and curved upwards; the gape furnished with short bristles; tie ^.^9 
lateral, and placed in a broad groove, with the opening longitudinal, and partly closed by a mel ^ 
scale. Wings moderate, with the fifth and sixth quills the longest. Tail rather long, ^ l0 ‘ 
rounded. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, strong, and covered in front with broad transverse ^ 
Toes rather long, with the lateral toes equal, and the outer slightly united at the base ; the hind 
and strong ; the claws strong, compressed, and acute. 
It is in Africa, both in the southern and northern portions of that vast continent, that this bird *.«-*! 
ten or more individuals, which are seen examining one after another all the branches of the trees, •T!!r!nd utt el ' ll,g 
in the bark and under the leaves for insects, their larvEe, and eggs, which form their principal subsisten > 
a slight chirping while flying from tree to tree. 
1. P. subcoeruleum (Vieill.) Levaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 126. ■ 
soma rufiventer Swains. 
■ Pari- I 2. P. Galinieri Guer. Rev. Zool. 1843. P- 
| frontale Rupp. Uebers. Syst. t. 22. 
62-- 
. pans' 
i0 iiia 
t 
Mr. Gould established this genus in 1837 {Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837- p. 149-). It embraces Xerophila of 
Mr. Swainson established this genus in 1831 {Fauna Boreali- Americana, p. 490.). 
Mr . Gould 
January, 1847. 
