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The birds of this genus are closely allied to those of the preceding 
one. Their beak is nearly that of a Thrush;, their nostrils are round 
and smooth. Their distinguishing mark consists in broad strips of 
naked skin on each side of the occiput, and_a bald spot on the cheek. 
Linnzus has confounded two species of them under the name of 
Gracula religiosa.(1) ‘ 
E. indicus, Enl. 268, the species of India,’ is si size of a 
Thrush; black, with a white spot near the base of the pri- 
maries. The feet, beak, and bald parts of the) head, yellow. °, 
E: javanicus, Vieill. Gal. 95, has a broader beak, the commis- 
sure extending higher up, more hooked at the end, and without 
a notch—consequently, it should come after Colaris, Cuv.; but © 
in every thing else it is precisely similar to the other and par- 
ticularly in the strips of bare skin about the head.(2) Of all 
birds, this one is said to imitate most completely the language 
of man. , 
GracuLa, Cuv.(3) 
Is another genus allied to the Thrushes. The species inhabit Africa 
and the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean. Their beak is 
compressed, very little arcuated, and slightly emarginate; its com- 
missure forms an angle like that of the Starling. The feathers on 
the head are almost always narrow, and there is a naked space round 
the eye. They have the habits of Starlings, and like them, pursue 
insects in flocks. 
One species is occasionally seen in Europe, 
Turdus roseus, L.3 Pastor roseus, Meyer; Merula rosea, pi 
33 Enl. 251; Vaill. “Afr. A brilliant black; back, rump, scapu- 
ba and breast of a pale rose; feathers of the head narrow, and 
Phil. réticulé ( Melliph. reticulata’, Ib. 2;—the Ph. 4 joues blanches (M. leucotis), Col. 
435;—Phil. Dumerilii, Voy. de Duperr. pl. xxi, and perhaps the White headed Ixos, 
Ruppel, Av. 4. 
N.B. The Creavron or Pie a pendeloques is the genus AnTHocuxRA of Swainson, 
to which he joins the Merops phrygius, &c.. The long and slender billed Phile- 
dons, such as the Certhia cucullata, Vieill., form the genus Myzomexa of Swainson. 
(1) This appellation of religious was only given to it on account of a peculiar 
trait in its character, related by Bontius (Med. Ind. or. p- 67,) and foreign to its 
natural habits. I have made it my generic name by translating it into Greek. 
(2) Nothing can possibly be more. perplexing to methodists than this difference 
between the beaks of two such-similar birds. 
(3) Vieillot has changed this name into that of CripotuEres, Galer. 148. 
