66 CLASS It. ORDER If. 
carlilagenous membrane : tongue semi-cartilage- 
nous, notched and ciliated at the tip ; feet formed 
for walking ; three toes before and one behind. 
Burnaea, (beef-eater,) bill strait quadrangular ; 
mandibles gibbose, entire, more gibbose on the 
outside ; legs formed for walking. 
Strurnus, (starling,) bill subulate,. angular, de- 
pressed, bluntish ; the upper mandible entire, 
somewhat open at the edges ; nostrils surrounded 
with a prominent rim; tongue notched, pointed. 
Sirra, (nut-cracker, nut-hatch,) bill straight, 
wedged at the top, subulate, roundish, entire ; up- 
per mandible a little longer, compressed and an- 
gular at the tip ; tongue jagged, short, horny af 
fip 3 ; nostrils small, ‘covered. with bristles ; 5 feet 
formed for walking, hind toe long. 
Corvus, Coram, taven, jay, magpie, jackdaw,) 
bill convex, strong, coulter-form, and (in most spe- 
cies) toothed or moiched near the tip; nostrils 
covered by recumbent bristly feathers; tongue 
cartilaginous, bifid ; feet formed for walking. 
Coracias, (roller,) bill nearly straight, bending 
alittle towards the end, cultrated at the edges ; nos- 
trils narrow, naked ; tongue cartilaginous, bifid : 
legs generally short; toes divided to their origin, 
three forward and one backward. 
Panavise, (paradise bird,) bill covered at the 
base by velvet-like plumes; side-feathers beneath 
the wings (in most species} extending far beyond 
the rest of the plumage ; legs strong; feet formed 
for walking. 
