CERTHIADjE. ANABATINjE. 
315 
equal. Anterior claws fuUy curved; hinder claw 
lone, more straightened. South Am. 
S. albogularis. Braa. B. ii. pi. 78. ruficollis. Ib, ii. pi. 79. 
Furnabius, Vieillot. { fig . 280. /, g ) 
more or less curved, much compressed ; the margins 
inflected in the midcUe : the tip of the upper man- 
dible bent over the lower, and entire, or with an 
obsolete notch. Commissure slightly curved. Nos- 
trils large, depressed ; the aperture ^a^ed and ovah 
Frontal feathers advancing very far on the hill. Ca^ 
smooth. Wings rather short, rounded. Tail rounded, 
broad ; the tips sometimes cuspidate, rarely pointed, 
but always soft. Feet large, strong, ambulating. 
Lateral toes equal, or very nearly so, and with all the 
ioints free. Claws moderately curved. Hinder toe 
and claw very strong ; much longer than the lateral 
toes. South America only. = wn i ss 
F. melanotis. Part 5. No. 132. leucopus. 1 art 5. No. 133. 
griseus. lb. No. 134. 
SUBVAM. ANABATIN^i. Tree-Runner,. 
Bill rather short, strong, straight. Tail cuneated an 
stiff - but the tips of the shafts do not project beyond 
tie Us. I'oes moderate: middle toe always longer 
than the lateral; and all are mote or less free. Ihe sub- 
typical division. S. America only. 
Geobatks, Sw. (/</.280. d , e ) Bm shorC straight, 
entire, resembling Synallaxis. Wings rather length- 
ened ; the first quill rather shorter than the thrre 
next, which are equal, and Ae longest ; tertials broad 
lengthened, nearly as long as the primaries. Tail 
short, rounded. Feet slender, ambulating. Tarsi 
lengthened. Claws small, and but slightly cmved 
(fig. 280. d). Lateral toes unequal ; the inner short- 
est, and cleft to the base ; the outer united to the 
middle for half its length ; hallux, or hinder toe, o 
the same length as the outer toe. 
N B —The structure of the feet separates this type ftoxa Fumanvs, 
which it seems to represent in this group. 
G. brevicauda. Part 5. No. 1 26. 
