iiMr AVE9. 



lliers and liairs, placed at the base of the bill ; legs slender and short; fourth, 

 tilth, and sixth quills longest; tail forked. 



Edolius Malaharicus. — The Malabar Edolius. Platexxx*. fig. 7. Deep 

 black, iridescent blue on the upper parts and breast, where the feathers are 

 lanceolate ; a long erect crest rises from the base of the bill, extendin-f to 

 the sinciput; exterior tail feathers with very long naked shafts, having 

 spear-shaped plumes at their tips. Seven inches long. Inhabits India. 



Genus li.—C'EBl.Y.VY&lS.—Temininck. 



Generic Character. — Bill short, strong, and thick, base expanding, piint 

 somewhat tumid and compressed ; upper mandible convex, bent towards 

 the point, and notched ; lower mandible straight, nearly the length of the 

 upper one ; nostrils lateral, oval, at the base of the bill, hidden by thick-set 

 hairs; leifs short, slender; lateral toes unequal, and united at the base; 

 fourth and fifth quills the longest. 



Ceblepyris I'aiUarttii. — Le Vaillant's Ceblepyris. Plate xxx. fig. 5. Slate- 

 gray above, under parts paler ; breast and ophthalmic region dusky ; quills 

 brown, externally edged with wliite; tail doubly wedged. Six inches and 

 a, half long. Inhabits Africa. 



Ge7i;« 15— COR.^CINA Vieillot. 



Generic Character. — Bill angular, thick, and strong, convex above, com- 

 pressed at the point, slightly notched ; nuchal bristles slender and short ; 

 nostrils basal, circular, the fore half open, and the other half closed by a 

 membrane ; legs strong, tarsus longer than the middle toe ; fourth and fifth 

 quills longest. 



Coracina cephaloptera. — The Helraeted Chatterer. Plate xxxvii*'. fig. f)» 

 Plumage blue-black, breast and remiges of the wings blackish-brown; bill 

 dusky, irides reddish-brown, head surmounted by a very large helmet of re- 

 flected plumes ; feathers of the neck thick, and terminating like a cravat ; ju. 

 pulura naked ; feet, legs, and claws, lead-coloured. Thirteen inches long. 

 Inhabits Brazil. 



Genus 16.— QUERUL A.— rieillot. 



Generic Character. — Bill much depressed, triangular, both mandibles tu. 

 mid ; upper mandible sloping, with a small notch at its tip ; under mandible 

 with the point turned up, and very thin ; base with long nuchal bristles, 

 both above and below ; nostrils basal, covered with the bristles ; tarsus 

 length of the middle toe ; exterior toe joined to the tarsus, as far as the first 

 joint, internal toe free ; wings long, first and eighth quills same length, the 

 second shorter than the sixth, and the fourth tl>e longest of the whole ; tail 

 with twelve feathers. 



Querula rubricollis. — The Red-Throated Querula. Plate xxvii. fig. 8. 

 Whole plumage dark uraber-brown ; throat of deep scarlet, extending from 

 the chin to the jugulura; irides orange; bill brown ; legs and feet dusky. 

 Eleven inches long. Inhabits Cayenne. 



Genus 17.— AMPELIS. — Linnaus. 



Generic Character. — Bill short, somewhat depressed, deeper than broad, 

 trigonal at its base, the tip acutely bent, and notched; nostrils lateral, 

 roundish at the base, partly closed by a membrane ; tarsus the length of the 



