184 CLASS AVES. 



The Temia. Vaill. 



Have, with the carriage and tail of the pies, an ele- 

 vated bill, with the upper mandible gibbous, and the 

 base furnished with velvety feathers almost like the 

 Birds of Paradise. 



The most anciently known, (Corvus J^arians, 

 Lath.) Vad. Afr. 56. Vieil. Gal. 106, is of a 

 bronze-green. Et is found in India and Africa. 



M. VieiUot has called this genus Crypsirina. Gal. 

 106. Dr. Horsfield, Phrenotrix. M. Temminck 

 unites Temia to Glaucopis, 



Add, 



Glaucopis Leucopferus. Temm. pi. col. 265. 



Size of our European jay ; all the plumage perfect 

 black, except a white band on the wing parallel with 

 the body, and a white stripe on the external barb of 

 the first two secondaries of the wing. Length, fourteen 

 inches. Sumatra. 



Glaucopis Temnura. Tern. PL Col. 337- 



Plumage, dusky black, shaded with dark gray ; tail 

 curiously scolloped. India. .'' 



The Glaucopis. Forster. 



Have the same bill, and the same carriage ; but 

 under the base of the bill, hang two fleshy caruncles. 

 The species known ( Glaucopis Cinerea. TVattle- 

 hird. Lath. Syn. I. pi. 14.) is of New Holland ; as 

 large as a pie ; blackish, and with wedged tail. It 



