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I in 1L Temminck's last sentence M. 



nmucV. description of the species: "The 



tbftrtaa 



The followinc i. Temminck-, 



naked Mite of the head offer a particular character. The whole of 

 tb. aodHory natas U completely destitute of feather, and Ten of 

 bun. A null border, or rudiment of membrane, forms, below the 

 fttM of the mr. a eort of external conch*, but little apparent, it U 

 true, in the itufbd spenimen. but the extent of which must be remark- 

 able in the bring bird. All this part of the organ of bearing, a* 

 wW) t* a part of each aide of the occiput, are covered by a black akin 

 with a aticfaUv-proMOtuig orbicular border, and forming a rounded 

 plaqtM. fh. c.n> which envelope the bate of the bill in also black. 

 All the reet of the naked parU of the head, the mesial line of the 

 inrtprt which aeparatee the black plaque* of the templei, and the 

 pper put of the top of the neck, appear to me to hare been red or 

 rosy in the living subject ; a alight tint of ray-yellow coven these 

 parU in that before us. The whole of the nape u covered, clearly, 

 by a whitish and very short down. The front of the neck and all the 

 other parU are white. The back, well covered with thick -sot feathers, 

 1* of an aaby-black ; all the reet of the plumage in burtre brown. 

 The feet are yellow, and the bill i* black. Length 15 inches." 

 (Temm.) 



JWsam This genus wai founded by M. Fischer, for a bird din- 

 oomed by Dr. Pander, in the country of the Kirgise beyond Orem- 

 burg, whose habit* of life are analogous to those of the crows, among 

 which M. Lesson thinks it ought to be placed. 



The bill is moderate, of the length of the head, bending downward* 

 at iu point, without a notch, and slightly angular, the upper mandible 

 shorter than the lower, receiving and covering the edges of it 

 Nostrils bsssl, rounded, large, covered with setaceous overhanging 

 fcrthsn (plumes setacees retombantes). Feet robust and long ; claws 

 triangular, very much pointed, and but little curved ; a warty mem- 

 brane bordering the thickness of the phalanges. First quill short, 

 soond long, the three next equal Tail -rectilinear. (Fischer.) 



P. Paitdtri. Greenish glaucous above ; eyebrows white ; bill and 

 claws blackijih ; feet greenish. The bird flies badly but walks very 

 welt It lives in flocks. 











, Bfll rm lam, rtrong and hard, furnished at iU 

 with MM stiff hrUtle. and small feathers turned forwards. 



sub-oral, cloved bj a Urge membrane. 

 QuiO* Marly equal, the third longest. 



Vfingt rounded 

 Feet Terr long, 



ml stnictar* tl^r may be conndend as depending in a great 



measure for their subsistence upon worms, insects, and lanno. The 

 manners of H. Temmincl-ii, when on the ground, are .-iid much to 

 resemble those of the Kn/li-h I'l.u'klnrd. It may bo quvstioiiul >lu 

 whether this group U properly placed among the Cur 



M.Jtarinttru (M. mrtaUicut, Temm.) Kntir.-lr of a .|,-,-p l>lu. Mark 

 with metallic tints. Bill of a beautiful yellow. ! . It 



in!. .il.it- .l:i\... 





J/yopAonlu flarirottri*. 



Ptiionorhynchu*. Bill strong, robust, widened, rather long, npp.-r 

 Kix.il termination convex, but little marked ; point recurved ; upper 

 mandible presenting two small notches at its extremity ; e Igea a little 

 swollen ; lower mandible slightly convex ; commissure of the month 

 straight, simple. Nostrils basal, lateral, famished with short bristles. 

 Wings short, rounded. Tail moderate, graduated. Feet Blunder. 

 (Lesson.) 



The genus, as modified by Lesson, contains but two species. He 

 thinks that it would be better placed among the Dmtiroitrci at the 

 side of the Choucarig (Graucalut, Cuvier) ; but he allows that it hax 

 all the forms of the Rollers (Coracvu) and of the Crows. Locality, 

 the warmest islands of the West Indian Archipelago. 



P. Sinentit, Coracuu Sinmiit, Latham. Body above pale aqua- 

 marine green clouded with yellowish-green. Forehead furnished with 

 silky round feathers turned in different directions ; feathers of thr 

 nape long, unravelled as it were, and capable of being erected into a 

 tun both of a yellowish-green. A black baud taking its rise from 

 the angle of the bill surrounds the eye and nape. Throat and cheeks 

 of a yellowish-green. Lesser wing-coverts brown. Quills brown, 

 inclining to olive externally and clientnut internally; the last thr..- 

 progressively terminated with greenish white. Bill red, (surround, d 

 by a few block bristles ; feet reddish. Size 11 inches. Locality, the 

 Philippine Islands. 



The other species, according to Lesson, is Kitta thalatima, Tem- 

 minck. 



Kitta. Bill short, convex, compressed on the sides ; npper mandible 

 with the basal termination recurved, and depressed tUut ; <>.. point 

 sharp and funnr-hcd on each side with a small projecting tooth 

 ders of the mandibles thick, recurved, and covered at the commissure. 

 Nostrils basal, transversal, hidden l.y thu silky feathers of the f. n 

 head, and by a row of small bristle*. Wings pointed. Tail equal, 

 rounded. Feet robust ; toes equal ; hallux strong. (Lesson.) 



Lesson, who places in this genus Kitta holotcricea, Ptilonorhynchut 

 Smilkii, and Kitla virencent, says that what was observed as t 

 last-mentioned genus is applicable to this, which has the general 

 characters of the Rollers and Holies (Culnru). 



The birds composing the genus are exclusively peculiar to Aus- 

 tralia and the temperate zone. (Lesson.) 



A', hulotiricen, Temminek ; l'i ,/.. Kuhl ; 



Satin Orakle, Ijtthnni; Ptilunorhmchtu Aluc-Lcujii, Latham JISS. 

 Vigors and 1 



