486 CLASS XVI. 



angle of mouth, Head crested. Wings with fourth and fifth 

 quills subequal, longest of all. Tail graduated. 



Sp. Lo2^hocltta galericulata Gkay, Lanius fjalericulatus Cuv., Geai longup 

 Levaill., Farad. Tab. 42 ; Java. Another very similar species occurs at 

 Borneo and Sumatra, LopJiocitta riifida Temm. Mus. L. B. 



Dendrocitta Gould. Bill moderate, curved, broad at the base, 

 compressed at the sides towards the tip. Nostrils basal, lateral, 

 concealed by short, crowded plumes. Claws curved, acute. "Wings 

 with fifth and sixth quills subequal, longest of all. Tail elongate, 

 cuneate, with the two middle feathers produced. 



Sp. Dendrocitta leucogaster Gould, Trans. Zool. Soc. i. PI. 12, p. 89, Pro- 

 ceed. Zool. Soc, 1833, p. 57 ; — Dendrocitta occipitalis, Glaucopis occipitalis 

 S. Mueller, Tijdschr. voor nat. Gesch. 11. 1835, PI. ix. fig. i ; — Dendrocitta 

 vagabunda, Coracias vagabunda Lath. &c. These species live in the East 

 of Asia in mountainous districts on trees. 



Cri/psirhiria YlElLL., Temia YAihL. [Temm Less. add Tem- 

 nurus ejusd. not SwAiNS.\ Sp. of Glaucojns Temm.) 



Sp. Crypsirhina varians Vieill., Corvm varians Lath., Vieill. Galer. PI. 

 106, GUEB. Iconogr., Ois. PI. 51, fig. 3, &c. 



Gallceas FoRSTER, Gray, Glaucopis Gmel. Bill shorter than 

 head, curved, thick, inflated at the sides. Tarsi exceedingly long. 

 (Other characters almost oi Dendrocitta ; wings short.) 



Sp. Callceas cinerea, Glaucopis cinerea Gm., Less. Ornith. PI. 48, fig. 2, 

 Vieill. Galer. PI. 93; greyish black, the female greenish grey; two lobes 

 of skin under the bill ; tail-feathers broad at the extremity, with a narrow 

 pointed elongation of the shaft, which also occurs in Dendrocitta vagabunda. 

 This species lives in New Zealand. 



Note. — Add genera Struthidea Gould, Brachystoma Swains., 

 Conostoma HoDGS., and Ptilostomus Swains. The last genus, allied 

 to Dendrocitta, but African, is distinguished by the quill-feathers 

 narrowed at the point and by the third, fourth and fifth subequal, 

 longest of all. 



Onychognathus Hartlaub. Bill longer than head, with culmen 

 arched, tip produced, hooked, acute. Wings moderate, the first 

 bastard quill, the third, fourth and fifth subequal, longest of all. 



1 See above, p. 449. 



