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Edolius, Cuv.(l) 



Belongs also to the great series of the Flycatchers; the beak is de- 

 pressed and emarginate at the end; its upper ridge is acute; but 

 what distinguishes it is, that both mandibles are slightly arcuated 

 throughout their length; the nostrils are covered with feathers, and 

 there are, besides, long hairs forming mustachios. 



The species are numerous in the countries bordering on the 

 Indian Ocean. They are generally of a black hue, have a forked 

 tail, and live on insects; some of them, it is said, sing as sweetly 

 as the Nightingale. (2) 



Phibalura, Vieill. 



The ridge of the beak arcuated as in Edolius, but the beak itself 

 is one half shorter than the head. 



The species known, {Ph. flavirostris,) Vieill. Gal. 74; Tem. 

 Col. 118; Ph. cristafa, Goains. Zool. 111. pi. 31, is from Brazil. 

 The tail is much forked; the plumage is spotted with black and 

 yellow; the feathers of the head with red, recalling to our minds 

 certain Tyrants and Flycatchers. 



Tanagra, Lin. 



The Tanagers have a conical beak, triangular at base, slightly arcu- 

 ated at its ridge, emarginate near the end; wings and flight short. 

 They resemble the Finches in habits, and feed on grain as well as on 

 berries and insects. The greater number are remarkable for their 

 bright colours. We subdivide them as follows. (3) 



(1) Vieillothas preferred the name of Dicrtthtts. 



(2) Species. Lanius forficatus, Gm., Enl. 189, Vaill. Afr. IV, 166 and Vieill. 

 Gal. 141. Lanius malaharicus, Shaw, Vaill. IV, 175, Sonnerat, Voy. aux Indes et 

 a la Chine, pi. xcvii, which is also the Cuculus paradiseus, Briss. IV, pi. xiv, A. 1. 

 Lanius cserulescens, Gm., Edvv.pl. xlvi, Vaill. Afr., IV, 172. Corvus balicassius, 

 Gm., Enl. 603. The jDrmgolo7i, Vaill. IV, 171. The Dron^o bronz^,Id. 176, and 

 several new species. 



N. B. The ec-de-fer,Ya.i\\. Afric, 79, from which Illiger has made his genus 

 Sparades, and which is copied, Vieill. Gal., pi. cxxxi, having been examined by 

 Temminck, is found to be a Pogonias, to which other feet hud been added, to- 

 gether with a crest. This was done by, a dealer, in joke, to impose upon the late 

 M. Raie de Breukelewaerd, a rich Dutch amateur. 



(3) For this genus and those of Pipra and Todus, see the work of M. Desmarest 

 and of Pauline de Courcelles, now Madajne.Knip. 



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