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a gloss of blue on the upper parts and breast, where the feathers 

 are lanceolate ; a large crest rising from the base of the upper 

 mandible ; exterior tail feathers very long,, with naked shaft and 

 plumed tips. Size of the Thrush. India. Shaw, xiii. pi. 47. 



E. mystaceus, Tern. Plumage black., glossed with green ; wing-co- 

 verts, quills, and tail brown black ; base of the bill with elonga- 

 ted bristles; tail slightly forked. Size of the Thrush. Inhabits 

 Africa Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. pi. 169. 



Gen. 14. CEBLEPYJUS, Tern. 



Bill thick, short, strong, widened at the base, a little tumid, 

 compressed at the point ; upper mandible convex, bent and 

 notched towards the point ; lower mandible straight, almost 

 equal to the upper ; nostrils basal, lateral, ovoid, concealed 

 by close-set hairs ; legs short, weak ; lateral toes unequal, 

 united at the base; fourth and fifth wing-feathers the longest. 



C.Papuensis, Tem.(Graculus,Cuv. Cor^w^Lath.) Plumage brown- 

 ish gray above, with white abdomen; quill-feathers blackish 

 brown ; eye-streak black. 1 1 inches long. Inhabits New Guinea. 

 Lath. Ind. 157. 



C. canus, Tern. (Muscicapa, Lath.) Plumage ash-coloured above, 

 darker beneath, with the tail-feathers black, the two exterior 

 tipped with ash-colour, and the quill-feathers white on their in- 

 ner webs. 8J inches long. Madagascar. Buff. PL Enl. 541. 



C. Vaillantii, Tern. (Echenilleur gris, Vaill.) Plumage above slaty- 

 gray, beneath paler ; before and behind the eyes and the breast 

 dusky ; quill-feathers brownish, margined externally with white ; 

 tail doubly wedged. Size of a Lark. Inhabits Africa. Vaill. 

 Ois. d'Afriq. pi. 162, 163. 



C. niger, Tem. Plumage above black, glossed with blue or green ; 

 beneath, and with the quill-feathers within olive green. Size of 

 the preceding. Inhabits Africa Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. pi. ]65. 



Gen. 15. CORACINA, Vieill. 



Bill thick, strong, angular, convex above, straight, narrowed at 

 its point, which is compressed, and feebly notched or smooth, 

 with short hairs at the base ; nostrils basal, rounded, open 

 before, shut behind by a feathered membrane ; legs strong ; 

 tarsus shorter than the middle toe ; fourth and fifth wing fea- 

 thers longest. 



C. cephaloptera, Tem. (Cephaloptcrus ornatus, Geoff.) Plumage 

 black ; crest vertical, large, glossed with violet-colour, as are also 

 the pendant breast feathers. Size of a Jay. Inhabits Brazil. 

 Shaw, x. pi. 39. 



C. calva, (Gymnocephalus, Geoff. Corvus, Lath.) Plumage ferru- 

 ginous brown above, rufescent beneath ; with the face naked be- 

 yond the eyes. 13 inches long. Inhabits Cayenne. Shaw, vii. 352. 



