and Description of Birds from the Island of Java. ](>:> 



densis. Nares capistro recondite, circulares, parviv, in medio 

 sulci transversali ad basin rostri dispositae. AUe rotondatae : 

 remigibus integris 3 et 4 longioribus. Cauda corpore longior, 

 cuneata,rectricibus 10 in paribus dispositis. Pedes congruj : 

 digiti mediocres, exteriore medio ad basin levissime coalito. 

 A cropodia scutulata. Ungues compressi : hallucis medio \i\ 

 major. 



This genus is strongly characterized by the form of the bill, 

 which is elevated, regular and smooth, laterally tapering (<> a 

 keel, equally arched from the base to the point. In the velvet- 

 like border which surrounds the base of the beak it resembles the 

 genus Paradisea. In its elevation, and in the smoothness and 

 uniformity of the sides tapering to a regular keel, it differs from 

 all the other genera of this family which I have examined. 



Spec. 1. Fhrenotrix Temia. 



P. fuliginosa, nitore viridi-olivaceo fuscescente, scapulis alis 

 caudaque supra saturatissimo viridi-olivaceo nitentibus, ca- 

 pistro atro. 



Chekitut seu Benteot Javanis. 



Temia, Le Vaillant Afr. 56. 



Corvus varius, Lath. Suppl. 



This bird is described by the celebrated Le Vaillant, Ois. d'Afr. 



n. 56; but as the native country was not known with certainty, 



and I have frequently observed it in Java, I have proposed 



Threnotrix for the generic name, and applied Temia to the species. 



Longitudo corporis 5 poll. ; caudae 7 poll. 



Rectrices in paribus 5 dispositne, ut caudam obverse cuneatam 

 constituant; par primum minimum angustatum, paria sequen- 

 tia sensim increscentia, par quintum maximum apicem versus 

 utrinque dilatatum rotundatum. 



y 2 Gen. 



