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quills and tail-feathers edged bright yellow; tongue 

 strongly pencilled at the top. 



C. Australasiana, Shaw, Vieil. O. D. t. 55. 

 Above deep brown ; beneath white ; lower part of 

 abdomen dusky ; throat and chest with slight longitu- 

 dinal streaks ; white streak over each eye ; tail-feathers 

 edged yellow, white tipped ; length six inches. 



Tufted-eared Creeper. C. Auriculata, Shaw, Vieil. O. 

 Dor. t 84. 



Blackish olive above ; throat olive, bright yellow, and 

 gray ; top of head greenish yellow ; length seven or 

 eight inches. 



C. GracuUna, Vieil. O. Dor. t. 87. 



Rufous brown above; crown of head black; a naked 

 yellow skin from the mouth round the eyes, with a white 

 bar across the top of the head ; underneath white ; 

 length twelve or thirteen inches. 



C Coccinea, Shaw, C. Mexicana, Gml. 

 Vieil. O. D. t. 77, 78. PI. Enl. 643. 



Red, crown paler ; throat and crop green ; quills bluish 

 tipt. 



The Martins, (Gracula, Cuv.), 



are another genus bordering on Turdus, inhabiting 

 Africa and the countries adjoining the Indian sea. 

 Their beak is compressed, very little arched, and 

 slightly sloped. Its commissure forms an angle as 

 in the Sturni. The feathers of the head are almost 

 always narrow, and there is a naked space around the 

 eye. They have also the habits of Sturnus, and fly 

 like it in large flocks in pursuit of insects. 



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