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SUB-FAj\JILY I. 

 Ptilorhyxchix.e.* The Glossy Starlings. 



Gen. Chaeac— Bill strong, moderate, •with the sides compressed, and the 

 culmen curved to the tip, which is emarginated ; the wings moderate and 

 pointed ; the tail of various length, and graduated or even ; the tarsi strong 

 and covered with broad scales ; the toes long, strong, the lateral ones 

 unequal, and hind toe long and strong. 





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Fig. 8S. — the satin bower-biud. 

 (PtiJorhifnchus holosericus.) 



These remarkable birds^ called by Mr. Gould the 

 Bower-birds, are peculiar to Australia, where they 

 are fouud in the forests that border the principal 

 rivers, as well as in the cedar bushes. When perched 

 on the lofty branches of the trees, they emit loud and 

 harsh notes, which, w4th regard to one of the species, 

 can only be compared to the noises of the domestic 



* TTTiKov, T^iilon, a feather ; puyxog. vjnchos, a hcaT:. 

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