& RG wy. 
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Le Temia, Levaill. Oi/: ii. p, 22. pl. 56. 
HIS is about the fize of our Song Thrufh in the body, but rather 
longer in proportion: the Berean colour of the plumage is 
black, and the texture of the feathers fine, delicate and foft; but 
thofe round the bafe of the bill, as far as the eye and chin, are ftiff 
and fhort, appearing more like black velvet, and thofe on the reft 
of the body, in different reflections of light, are gloffed with green 
and purple; thofe of the tail above, feem gloffed with green, the 
four middle ones wholly fo, but the others only on the outer webs; 
the tail is greatly cuneiform, and contains ten feathers; the four 
middle ones or longeft are of equal length, and longer than the reft 
of the body; the others leffen till the outer ones are very fhort: 
the bill and legs are black, and perhaps may be allied to the Crow 
genus, howerchs the bill in fhape is greatly fimilar to that of the 
Beefeater, and the bird may not unlikely be poffeffed of the fame 
manners. 
This was fent from Batavia, to Mr. Temminck, of Amfferdam, but 
it is by no means certain that this was its native country. 
Pie a pendeloques, Daudin. Orn. ii. p. 246. pl. xvi. 
ENGTH fifteen inches: bill black, flender, and a little elon- 
gated: the general colour of the plumage brownifh grey: the 
feathers at the top of the head and neck edged with whitifh; onthe 
cheeks a little downy, at the bottom of whiclr arifes a cylindrical 
caruncle, ten lines in length, hanging on each fide of the neck; throat 
white; fore part of the neck, and under parts of the body dirty white, 
the’ riddle of each feather’ dafhed with brownifh : on the middle of 
the’ bélly’a pateh' of ‘fine yellow: quills tipped with white: tail 
greatly cuneiform,’ each feather tipped with white: legs greyifh 
yellow’; claws brownifh grey, fharp, crooked, and ftrong. 
Inhabits New Zealand. 
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26. 
CHANGEABLE 
CR. 
DESCRIPTION.. 
Places. 
27. 
WATTLED 
CR. 
DEscriPTion, 
Pracs. 
