274 AVES. 



EULABES, CuV. 



The birds of this genus are closely allied to those of the preceding 

 one. Their beak is nearly that of a Thrush; their nostrils are round 

 and smooth. Their distinguishing mark consists in broad strips of 

 naked skin on each side of the occiput, and a bald spot on the cheek. 

 Linnaeus has confounded two species of them under the name of 

 Graciila religiosa.{\) 



E- indicus, Enl. 268, the species of India, is the size of a 

 Thrush; black, with a white spot near the base of the pri- 

 maries. The feet, beak, and bald parts of the head, yellow. 

 ' .javanicus, Vieill. Gal. 95, has a broader beak, the commis- 

 sure extending higher up, more hooked at the end, and without 

 a notch consequently, it should come after Colaris, Cuv.; but 

 in every thing else it is precisely similar to the other and par- 

 ticularly in the strips of bare skin about the head. (2) Of all 

 birds, this one is said to imitate most completely the language 

 of man. 



Gracula, Cuv.(3) 



Is another genus allied to the Thrushes. The species inhabit Africa 

 and the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean. Their beak is 

 compressed, very little arcuated, and slightly emarginate; its com- 

 missure forms an angle like that of the Starling. The feathers on 

 the head are almost always narrow, and there is a naked space round 

 the eye. They have the habits of Starlings, and like them, pursue 

 insects in flocks. 



One species is occasionally seen in Europe, 

 Turdus roseus, L.j Pastor roseus, Meyer; Merula rosea, Naum. 

 63; Enl. 251; Vaill. Afr. A brilliant black; back, rump, scapu- 

 lars and breast of a pale rose; feathers of the head narrow, and 



Phil. rHicule [MelUph. reticulata'^, lb. 2; the Ph. Ajoues blanches [M. leucotis). Col. 

 435; Phil Dumerilii, Voy. de Duperr. pi. xxi, and perhaps the White headed litos, 

 Ruppel, Av. 4. 



N.B. The Creadion or Pie d pendeloques is the g'enus Anthocu;eha of Svvainson, 

 to which he joins the Merops phrygius, &c. The long- and slender billed Phile- 

 dons, such as the Certhia cucullaia, Vieill., foi-m the g-enus Mtzomela of Swainson. 



(1) This appellation of religious was only given to it on account of a peculiar 

 trait in its character, related by IJontius (Med. Ind. or. p. 67,) and foreign to its 

 natural habits. I have made it my generic name by translating it into Greek. 



(2) Nothing can possibly be more perplexing to methodists than this difference 

 between the beaks of two such similar birds. 



(3) Vieillot has changed this name into that of Cbijdotheres, Galer. 148. 



