324 Mr. ViGORs's and Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



usually the character of those birds, that we have much doubt 

 as to the actual situation of our group. 



1. CoRNicuLATUS. Trop. bruiinescenti-griseus, suhtus albidua; 



copite, collo supcriori, gutturisque torque angusto atris, mi- 

 dis ; mento, pectore, rectricumque apicibas albis, hoc graci- 

 liier ftisco-lineato ; rostri carina ad basin conspicuè tabercu- 

 lata. 



Merops corniculatus. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 276. no. 21. 



Corbi calao. Le Vaill. Ois. d'An/, et des Indes, i. p. 6"9. pi. 24. 



Knob-fronted Honey-Eater. L^ath. Gen. Ilist. iv. p. l6l. no. 6. 



Mr. Caley has the following observations on these birds. 

 '* Friar. — A very common bird about Paramatta, called by the 

 natives Coldung' . — It repeats the words ' poor soldier' and 

 'four o'clock' very distinctly. — I have frequently seen three or 

 four of them flying after a hawk, which they seemed desirous of 

 attacking. It is a strong and sharp-clawed bird." 



2. MoNACiius? Trop, supra brunnescenti-griseus, nucha albo- 



variegatû, subtus albidus; capite atro, nudo, sincipife plu- 

 mulis albis opcrlo; rectricibus concoloribus ; rostri carina ad 

 basin subtubercu/atà. 



Merops monachus? Lath. Lid. Orn. Supp. p. xxxiv. no. 10. 



Knob-fronted Bee- Eater? White's Journ. pi. in p. 190. 



Cowled Honey- Eater? Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 162. no. J. 



We have some doubt whether our bird is the same as Dr. La- 

 tham's species ; or whether both may not be the young of the 

 Trop, corniculatus. The specimen in our collection differs from 

 that species by being smaller ; by the top of the head being 

 covered with short downy white feathers instead of being en- 

 tirely bare ; by the knob of the base of the bill being less ele- 

 vated ; 



