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CONIbJOSTRES. 



SUB-FAMILY I. 

 Phonegamin.e.* lite Pijnng Crows. 



Gen. Chakac. — Bill lengthened, with the base broad, the sides compressed, 

 and the culmen broad, rounded, projecting on the forehead, and more or 

 less straight to the tip, -which is more or less emarginatcd ; the nostrils 

 basal, much exposed, and usually in the form of a long, narrow slit in 

 the substance of the bill ; the wings usually long and pointed or rounded ; 

 the tail long and even or rounded ; the tarsi and the toes strong and strongly 

 scaled, with the outer toe united at its base. 



Fig. 80.— the white-backed gymnokhina. 

 ( Gymnorhina leuconotus.) 



The Piping Crows are inhabitants of the primeval 

 forests of New Guinea and of New South Wales, 

 where they may be seen perched on the upper 



* (pu)}')), phone, voice ; ya'juog, gamos, marriage ; So called because 

 they are especially noisy during the breeding season. 



