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middle of the tail ; feel black. Nineteen inches long. Inhabits Norfolk 

 Island. 



Genus JO.— GLAUCOPIS.— Fors^cr. 



Generic Cliaracter. — Bill thick, robust, of medium size ; upper mandible 

 convex, arched, curved towards the point ; it envelopes the edges of the 

 lower mandible, which has a fleshy wattle at its base ; nostrils at the base 

 of the bill ; legs strong ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; hallux with a 

 crooked nail. 



Glaucopis ciiierea. — The Wattle-Bird. Plate xxx*. tig'. 5. Dark bluish 

 ash-coloured ; tail wedge-shaped ; bill black, with reddish-blue wattles at its 

 base, which change to scarlet like those of the turkey. Fifteen inches long. 

 Inhabits New Zealand. 



Genus 11. — GRACULA. — Linyiaus. 



Generic Character. — Bill middle size, strong, convex above, considerably 

 compressed and narrow at the point, and notched in some of the species ; 

 nostrils open, lateral, and partially hid by the feathers ; legs strong ; tar.sus 

 the length of the middle toe ; external toe attached at its base ; the internal 

 one separated ; hallux short ; third quill longest. 



Gracula religiosa. — The Sacred Mino. Plate xxix. fig. 3. Iridescent black, 

 changing in different lights to violet, blue, and green ; with a white spot on 

 the head, and a yellow, narrow, occipital band ; a white spot on the middle 

 wing feathers ; bill red ; irides hazel ; legs and feet yellowish-orange ; claws 

 light brown. Ten inches and a half long. Inhabits India. 



Genus \2.—Byi¥HAG.\.—Linnccus. 



Generic Character.— Bill thick, obtuse, and strong, gibbous at point ; the 

 imder mandible strongest ; nostrils at the base of the bill, half covered by an 

 arched membrane ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; wings of medium 

 length; first quills very short, second nearly as long as the third. 



Buphaga Africana. — The African Ox-Pecker. Plate xxvi*. fig. I. Up- 

 per parts rust-coloured, under parts pale ; feathers of the tail somewhat 

 acuminated. Six inches and a half long. Inhabits Africa. 



Genus 13.— BOMBYCIVORA.— Temywinci. 



Generic Character.— B\\\ thick, depressed, and trigonal at its base, con- 

 vex below ; upper mandible a little curved towards the point, with a slight 

 notch; nostrils ovoid, open, situated at the base of the bill, hidden by hairs 

 which incline forward ; three toes before and one behind, the exterior one 

 joined to that of the middle ; wings of moderate length, the first and second 

 quills the longest. 



i?o?H?)!/e!»orrtg-am«?<7.— The Bohemian Wax- Wing. Plate xxviii. fig. 10. 

 Head crested; crest, neck, back, and breast, chestnut colour; rump, tail 

 coverts, and hypochondria, ash-colour; crissum orange- yellow ; forehead 

 and cheeks reddish-brown ; middle wing-feathers purplish-brown ; remiges 

 and quills dusky, which, with the middle wing-feathers, have spots of white; 

 four of the secondaries have bright scarlet appendages ; tail dusky, broadly 

 tipped with yellow .at its base ; from the base of the bill, which is black, 

 extending around the ophthalmic region, is a velvety black line. Length 

 eight inches. Inhabits Europe, America, .and Asia, 



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