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The bill, as represented in the figure, is very large., 

 with the tip long and very acute, projecting far be- 

 yond the under, which is small and weak in compa- 

 rison. The orbits and cheeks are covered with a 

 naked red wrinkled skin, the crest is of a greyish 

 colour, long, composed of narrow feathers, and which 

 the bird can erect at pleasure. The whole of the 

 plumage is black, but glossed with a greenish-grey 

 tinge in the living bird, from the quantity of a white 

 powdering substance interspersed among the fea- 

 thers. In museums, the specimens are observed to 

 vary considerably in size ; and Ku.hl goes so far as 

 to consider the larger individuals as constituting a 

 species distinct from the lesser, characterising the 

 former by the title of Psiltacus Goliah, the smaller 

 by that of P. aterrimus. Further observation, how- 

 ever is required to verify the views of this ornitho- 

 logist, and for the present we adhere to Wagler's 

 opinion, who considered them as identical. 



In this subfamily, or in close connection with it, 

 according to Wagler, is another remarkable form, to 

 which he #i/es the generic title of Dasyptilus> and 

 now illustrated by 



