PHRENOTRIX TEMIA. 



Ord. I¥- Les Passereaux, Cuvier. 3"^ Famille. Les Cornirostres, Div. 



Les Corbeaux. 

 Ord. II''.^ Omnivores, Temminck. 

 Ord. II. Pic^, Linn. Syst. 

 Ord. II. Ambulatores, lUiger. Fam. 14, Coraces. 



PHRENOTRIX, Nob. 



Char. Gen. — Rostrum mediocre, validum, altum, cultratum, basi crassiusculum. 

 Maxilla arcuata, lateribus subconvexis, Isevibus, sensim in culmen conniven- 

 tibus. Capistrum latum, plumulis holosericis densis. Nares capistro reconditae, 

 circulares, parvae, in medio sulci transvei-salis ad basin rostri dispositte. Alee 

 rotundatse: remigibus integris 3 et 4 longioribus. Cauda corpore longior, 

 cuneata, rectricibus 10 in paribus dispositis. Pedes congrui: digiti mediocres, 

 exteriore medio ad basin levissime coalito. Acropodia scutulata. Ungues 

 compressi: hallucis medio vix major. 



Affinitas. — Genus nostrum etsi Paradisic et Corvo affine, characteres satis 

 distinctos habet. 



Phrenotrix fuliginosa nitore viride-olivaceo fuscescente, capistro atro. 

 CheMtut or Benteot of the Javanese. 

 Temia, Le Vaillant Afr. 56. 

 Corvus varians. Lath. Suppl. 



Phrenotrix Temia, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans. 

 Vol. XII. p. 162. 



This bird has a long and slender form ; the body is proportionally small, and 

 the taU large, and capable of great expansion. The feet are robust, the wings short, 

 and the bill thick and powerful. The claws are comparatively large, strong, 

 sharp, and much curved. The length of the body and head is five, and of the tail 

 seven inches. The bill measures eleven lines from the gape to the point. The tail 

 is cuneate, and consists of ten feathers, disposed in five pairs, gradually increasing in 

 size ; the two middle feathers are uncommonly broad, and rounded at the extremity, 

 affording a peculiar appearance to this bird, in which it differs fi-om its affinities. 



