. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. I (HA'!3 .» CERTUIA. 88 ' '/'â [â 'jH''.} ' j ft«»Yh--t'-)' Family CERTHIAD.^.* CERTHIA, LiNNJKus. Certhia, Linnaps, Syst. Nat. ed. 10th, 1758, 112. (Type C. familiaris.) (See Reicue:.', Handbuch, I, ii, 1853, 256, for a monograph of the genus.) Plumage soft :iud loose. Bill as long as head, not notched, compresled; all its lateral outlines decurved. Nostrils not ov srhung by feathers, linear, with T r incumbent thickened scale, as in Troglodytes. No rictal bristles, and t
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. I (HA'!3 .» CERTUIA. 88 ' '/'â [â 'jH''.} ' j ft«»Yh--t'-)' Family CERTHIAD.^.* CERTHIA, LiNNJKus. Certhia, Linnaps, Syst. Nat. ed. 10th, 1758, 112. (Type C. familiaris.) (See Reicue:.', Handbuch, I, ii, 1853, 256, for a monograph of the genus.) Plumage soft :iud loose. Bill as long as head, not notched, compresled; all its lateral outlines decurved. Nostrils not ov srhung by feathers, linear, with T r incumbent thickened scale, as in Troglodytes. No rictal bristles, and the loral and frontal feathers smooth, without bristly shafts. TarsUs scutel- late anteriorly, shorter than middle toe, which again is shorter than hind toe. All claws very long, much curved and compressed ; outer lateral toe much the longer; basal joint of middle toe entirely adherent to adjacent ones. Wings rather pointed, about equal to the tail, the feathers of wh'ch are much pointed with stiffened shafts. Primaries ten; 1st less than half the 2d. Of the Certhiadm but one genus belongs to AmericaâCerthia, with its two recognized species. The characters above given include both family and generic characters, derived from this one genus. This is readily distinguished by the decurved, compressed bill ; absence of notch and bristles ; exposed linear nostrils with incum- bent scales ; connate middle toe, very long claws, short tarsi, pointed and stifiTened tail feathers, etc. Certhia americana. Certhia familiaris, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 70 (not the European bird?); also of Wilson and Auddbox. Certhia americana, Bonap. Comp. List, 1838.âReich. Handb. I, 1853, 265, pi. dcxv, figs. 4,102-3.âBaird, Birds N. Am, 1858, 372.âMax. Cab. Jour. 1858, 105.âCooper & Suckley, P. R. R. Rep. XII, ii, 1859, 192.âScLATSK, Catal. 1801, 15, no. 94. With much additional material to that used in preparing the article on this species in the Birds N. Am., I find it still diff
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