AYES. 527 



Graucalus. Sp. Ceblepyris melanops, Corvus melanops LATH., GUEB. 

 Iconogr.y Ols. PI. 6, fig. i; Australia, New Guinea, Timor; Cellepyris 

 lineata, Corvus Novce Guinea 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 Ceblepyris. Sp. Ceblepyris phceniceus, 

 Turdus phceniceus LATH., TEMM. PI. col. 71, ISID. GEOFFB. in GUEB. 

 Mag. de Zool. 1833, Ois. PI. 9, SWAINS. Birds of W. Afr. PI. 27, 28, 

 Senegal. Ceblepyris ccesia, Campephaga cana VIEILL. Galer. PI. 130, &c. 



Note. On the sub-genera Lalage BOIE (Erucivora SWAINS.) and 

 Volvocivora HODGS., comp. BONAP. Gonsp. gen. Av. pp. 355, 356. 



Ptilogonys SWAINS., Hypothymis LlCHTENST. 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 dnereus SWAINS., Hypothymis cJirysorrTioea LICHTENST., 

 TEMM. PI. col. 452, Mexico; Ptilogonys leucotis TSCHUDI, Faun. Peruan. 

 Taf. vn. fig. i, &c- 



Myiadestcs SWAINS. Sp. Ptilogonys armillatus, Muscicapa armillata 

 (VIEILL.), Myiadestes genibarbis SWAINS., GBAY Gen. PI. LXIX., from the 

 Antilles. 



Bombicilla BRISS., 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. Bombicilla Garrula. Ampelis Garrulus L., BUFF. PL enl. 261, LESS. 

 Ornith. PI. 56, fig. i, NAUM. Taf. 59, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 20, 

 fig. i ; Bohemian chatterer, Bohemian wax-icing, le jaseur de Boheme, der 

 Seidenschwanz ; 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 

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

 sists of insects 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, Bomby cilia cedrorum VIEILL. Gal. PI. 118, 

 WILB. 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, Bombycitta 



