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Ptilonorhynchus Macleayii, Lath, H. 



Shining purple-black ; tail and wings dull black ; bill 

 yellowish ; length thirteen inches. New Holland. 



Corvus Squamulosus, lUiger. 



Ptilonorhynchus Holosericeus junior, Kuhl. Fern. 



Tern. PI. Col. 422. 

 Above dull-green ; quills pale olive ; black internally ; 

 beneath whitish yellow, dull green edged ; length thir- 

 teen inches New Holland. 



VariedRoller, Lath. Ptilonorhynchus Viridis^ Waggler. 

 Citta Virescens, Temm. PI. Col. 896. Ptilonorhyn- 

 chus Smithii, Lath. Mss. 



Above dull parrot-green ; beneath paler ; shaft and 



tips of feathers with a square white spot ; quills wliite- 



tipt ; length twelve inches. 



The Bethyles. Bethylus, Cuv. 



With thick short beak, inflated on every side, slightly 

 compressed toward the end. 



But one species is known, the forms and colours of 

 which resemble those of our common pies. 



The Lanius Leverianus of Shaw ; the L. Picatus of 

 Latham, the Corvus coUurio of Daudin. It has been 

 considered as a Tanayra by Uliger and Temminck. 

 Mus. Lever, t. 59. Vail. O. A. t. 60. Gal. Ois. t. 140. 

 To these genera must be added : 



The Falcunculus of Vieillot, which is peculiar for the 



lower and upper jaw, both being incurved. 



Peculiar to the Oceanic Islands. 



Frontal Shrike, Lath. H. N. 86. t. 20. Lanius Fron- 

 talis, Lath. PI. Col. t. 77. Vieil. Gal. 137. 



Crested ; brown ; beneath yellow ; head and neck 

 black ; sides with two white bands. N. Holland. 



