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Rostrum pallidum. Pedes fusci. Longitudo corporis, 12 ; 



alcE a carpo ad remigem quartain, ti-pV > rostri ad fronteni, 



i;}, ad rictura, \^; cauda, 4f ; tarsi, 2. 

 Varied Roller. Lath. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 86. no. 17. 

 /// honorent Jiri in scientiu illustrissimi Jacobi Edouardi 



Smith, Equitis Aurati, Societatis Liimeance Pii.esidis, 



Zoologice patroni liber alissimi, hœc speciosissima avis nomi- 



natiir. 



This species does not possess the velvet-like covering to the 

 nares which is so conspicuous in the preceding species of Ptilo- 

 norhjnchus. In its other characters, however, it sufficiently 

 accords with the group ; and by the deficiency in the covering 

 of the base of the bill may be looked upon as forming the pas- 

 .sao;e to the Rollers of Linnteus from the c;enus before us. The 

 specimen in the Linnean collection was met with by Mr. Brown 

 at Watham's River, November 1804. 



Genus. Fuegilus. Cuv. 



]. Leucopterus. Freg. corpore rostro pedihiisque nigris, remi- 



gum pogoniis inter nis fascia alba in medio not at is. 

 Pyrrhocorax leucopterus. Temm. Manuel, p. 121. 



The tail in this species of Fregihis is somewhat more elon- 

 gated than in the typical species, and is also rounded at the 

 end. The bill, wings and legs, however, sufficiently accord 

 with the group, which is at present too limited to call for or 

 admit of separation. 



■•' This bird," Mr. Caley observes in his Notes, " is called 

 JVayhung' by the natives. They tell me it begins its nest by 

 laying two sticks in a parallel manner ; it then builds it up 

 with mud or clay, and lines it with a few feathers. It is gre- 

 garious, and seems to prefer elevated situations, or such as 



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