394 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. HonsriErp's Description of the 
usually the character of those birds, that we have much doubt 
as to the actual situation of our group. 
1. Cornicunatus. Trop. brunnescenti-griseus, subtus albidus; 
capite, collo superiori, gutturisque torque angusto atris, nu- 
dis; mento, pectore, rectricumque apicibus albis, hoc graci- 
liter fusco-lineato ; rostri cariná ad basin conspicué tubercu- 
latá. 
Merops corniculatus. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 216. no. 21. 
Corbi calao. ^ Le Vaill. Ois. d Am. et des Indes, i. p. 69. pl. 24. 
Knob-fronted Honey-Eater. Lath. Gen. Hist.iv. p. 161. no. 6. 
Mr. Caley has the following observations on these birds. 
“© Friar.—A very common bird about Paramatta, called by the 
natives Coldong’.—It repeats the words * poor soldier’ and 
‘four o'clock" very distinctly.—I have frequently seen three or 
four of them flying after a hawk, which they seemed desirous of 
attacking. It is a strong and sharp-clawed bird." 
2. Monacuus? Trop. supra brunnescenti-griseus, nuchá albo- 
variegatá, subtus albidus; capite atro, nudo, sincipite p 
mulis albis operto; rectricibus concoloribus ; rostri cariná ad 
basin subtuberculatá. . : 
Merops monachus? Lath. Ind. Orn. Sepp. p. XXXIV. no. 10. 
Knob-fronted Bee-Eater? White’s Journ. pl. in p. 190. 
Cowled Honey-Eater? Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 162. no. T. 
We have some doubt whether our bird is the same as Dr. La- 
tham's species; or whether both may not be the young of the 
Trop. corniculatus. The specimen in our collection differs from 
that species by being smaller; by the top of the head being 
covered with short downy white feathers instead of being en- 
tirely bare; by the knob of the base of the bill being less.ele- 
vated ; 
