AVES. 483 



posteriorly reticulate. Wings long, with third and fourth or fourth 

 and fifth quills longest of all. Tail broad. 



a) WitJi bill moderate; tail somewhat lone/, rounded. Pyroderus Gray, 

 Coronis Gloger. Sj). Coracina scutata Temm. PI. col. 40, &c. 



b) With hill someivhat long; tail short, rounded; head shaded by erect 

 plumes, deflected at the point. Cephalopterus Geoffk. Sp. Coracina cepha- 

 loptera Vieill., Cephalopterus wnatus Geoffr. Saint-Hilaiee, Ami. 

 du Mus. XIII. PL 15, Lesson Ornith. PL 41, fig. 2, Guer. Iconogr., Ois. 

 PL 7, fig. 7 ; BrasiL 



c) With bill someivhat long. Tail short, even; liead hold. Gymnocephalus 

 Geoffr. Sp. Coracina calva, Corvus calvus Gm., Gymnocephalus capucinus 

 Geoffr., Buff. PL enl. 521, Less. Ornith. PL 41, fig. i, Cuv. R. Ani., 

 ed. ill., Ois. PL 18, fig. 2, Cayenne. 



Phytotoma Molina, Gm. Bill short, conical, with culmen 

 rounded, margins serrate. Nostrils basal, siiiall. Wings with 

 third and fourth quills subequal, longest of all. Tarsi scutellate 

 anteriorly. Tail somewhat long, even. (Genus of uncertain 

 position.) 



Sp. Phytotoma rara Molina, Phytotoma silens V. Kitl., Phytotoma Bloocami 

 Children, Gray Gener., PL 95 ; — Phytotoma rutila Vieill. ; — Phytot. 

 angustirostris D'Orbigny. 



Compare on this genus Molina Essai sur I'Hist. natur, du Chill, Paris, 

 1789, 8vo, p. 234. — Leadbeater Linn. Transact, xvi. 1829, pp. 85 — 87, 

 — Lafresnaye in Guerin Magas. de Zool. 1832, Ois. PL 2. — Eydoux et 

 Geevais, sur quelques particularites anatomiqucs du Phytotoma, ibid. 1838, 

 Ois. PL 86, &c. This genus was placed formerly in the neighbourhood of 

 Frin^illa. 



Family XXXVII. Corvince. Wings with ten primaries. 

 Wing-coverts short. Tarsi covered anteriorly with transverse 

 scutes, at the sides with integument continuous. Lateral toes 

 equal, outer conjoined at the base alone. Bill strong, subconical, 

 compressed at the tip, entire or emarginate obsoletely. 



Corvus L. (exclus. of some species). Bill thick, cultrate, 

 moderate or long. Nostrils basal placed in a fossa, concealed by 

 recumbent bristles. Tarsi longer than middle toe, covered ante- 

 riorly with large transverse scutes. Wings with first quill mode- 

 rate, third and fourth subequal, fourth, more rarely third, longest 

 of all. Tail moderate, even or rounded. (Feathers strict, glossy. 

 Bill and feet black.) 



The ravens. These birds eat all sorts of food ; they carefully hide the 

 remains of their repast, in order to bring it to light again when they are 



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