200 



CONIROSTRES. 



SUB-FAMILY I IT. 

 Calleatin/E.""' TJie Tree Crows. 



Gen. Chaeac. — Bill short, with the culmen elevated at the base and much 

 curved to the tip, the sides compressed, and the gonys long and straight ; 

 the wings short and rounded ; the tail lengthened and graduated ; the tarsi 

 more or less long, and covered in front with broad scales ; the toes moderate, 

 and the lateral ones unequal. 



Fig. 82 — THE FUOXTED DENDEOCITTA. 



{Deiidrocitta ffontalis.) 



The Tree Crows are found in botli tlie islands of 

 New Zealand, where they may be seen walking upon 

 the ground, searching for the larv^ and grubs of 

 insects. Occasionally they frequent trees of various 



* KdXXof, callos, beauty ; So called from the symmetry of their 

 shape. 



