AVES. 527 



Graucalus. Sjj. Cehlepyris melanops, Corvus melanops Lath., Gukr. 

 Iconogr,, Ois. PI. 6, fig. i; Australia, New Guinea, Timor; — Ccble2)yris 

 lineata, Coi'vus Novce Guinece Lath., Buff. PI. enl. 629 ; Sumatra, &c. 

 Smaller species, of which the males often have a plumage with metallic 

 lustre, belong to the sub-genus Cehlepyris. Sp. Ceblejyyris phosniceus, 

 Turdus phwniceus Lath., Temm. PL col. 71, Isid. Geoffr. in Guer. 

 Mag. dc Zool. 1833, Oh. PI. 9, Swains. Birds of W. Afr. PI. 27, 28, 

 Senegal. — Cehlepyris ccesia, CampicpJiaga canaYi^iiAj. Gcder. PI, 130, &c. 



Note. — On the sub-genera Lalage BoiE {JErucivora Swains.) and 

 Volvocivora Hodgs., comp. Bonap. Consp. gen. Av. pp. 355, 356. 



Ptihgonys SwAlNS., Hypothymis Lichtenst. Bill short, de- 

 pressed, with culmen keeled, curved, compressed at the tip. Nostrils 

 placed in a fossa at the sides of bill, surrounded by membrane, 

 partly covered by plumules. Feet short; tarsus shorter than mid- 

 dle toe, plumed below the heel. Toes moderate; hallux short, 

 strong. Claws moderate, curved, compressed. Wings moderate, 

 with first quill very short, fourth, fifth and sixth subequal, fifth 

 longest of all. Tail even, elongate, broad at the apex. 



Sp. Plilogonys cinereus Swains., Hypothymis chrysorrhoea Lichtenst., 

 Temm. PI. col. 452, Mexico; — Ptihgonys Zewco^is Tschudi, Faun. Peruan. 

 Taf. VII. fig. I, &c. 



Myiadestes Swains. Sp. Ptihgonys armillatus, Muscicapa armillata 

 (ViEiLL.), Myiadestes geniharhis Swains., Gray Gen. PI. lxix., from the 

 Antilles. 



Bomhicilla Bkiss., Vieill. Bill short, broad at the base, thick, 

 subcurved. Nostrils basal, oval, mostly covered by rigid, decum- 

 bent plumes. Feet short, with tarsi partly scutellate posteriorly. 

 Wings somewhat long, with first quill very short, second and third 

 subequal, third longest of all. Tail short, subeven. Head crested. 

 (An anomalous genus.) 



Sp. Bomhicilla Garrula. Ampelis Garrulus L., Buff. PI. enl. 261, Less. 

 Ornith. PI. 56, fig. 2, Naum. Taf. 59, Guv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 20, 

 fig. I ; Bohemian chatterer, Bohemian wax-toing, le jaseur de Boheme, der 

 Seidenschivam ; general colour reddish-grey, belly silver-grey, tail black, 

 tipped with yellow ; flag-feather black with white spots, throat black, and 

 a black streak behind the eyes. Some of the secondaries terminate in a 

 homy lamina of a deep red. Little is known of its habits ; the food con- 

 sists of iosects and berries. This species is also found in North America, 

 in some parts of Asia and in Japan. In North America another very 

 similar species is also found, Bomhycilla cedrorum Vieill. Gal. PL 1 1 8, 

 WiLS. Am. Ornith. Tab. 7, fig. i ; and at Japan is a third, of which 

 the tail is not yellow at the extremity, but crimson-red, Bomhycilla 



