CORVID^. 



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8p, 2. Co. Bengaleusis. 



Coracias Indica. Shaw, v. vii. p. 390. — India. 



Sp. 3. Co. viridis. Cuvier. 



Coracias Indica var. ShoAV, v. vii. p. 391. — Southern Africa. 



B. Cauda valdefurcata. 



B. With the tail much forked. 



Sp. 4, Co. Abyssinica. 



Coracias albifrons. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 392. — Abyssinia and Se- 

 negal. 



Sp. 5. Co. Angolensis. Shaiu, v. vii. ^;. 394. pi. 51. — Angola. 

 Sp. 6. Co. cyanogaster. Cuvier. 



GENUS CLXXX— GRACULA, Vieillot. 



Beak robust, convex above, 

 a little arcuated, its tip 

 emarginated and curved : 

 the loiver mandible com- 

 pressed. 



Head carunculated. 



Kostrum robustum, supra 



convexum, subarcuatum, 



apice emarginatum et cur- 



vatum : mandibula iiife- 



r'lor compressa. 

 Caput carunculatum. 



EuLABES, Cuvier. 



The only species known of this genus is said to 

 possess the faculty of imitating the human voice more 

 accurately than any other bird. 



Sp. 1. Gracula religiosa. Shaw, v. vii. p. 4-5 1.;;^. 54. — India. 



GENUS CLXXXI.— PTILONORHYNCHUS, Kuhl. 



Rostrum breve, forte, ro- 

 bustum, basi depressum, 

 curvatum : mandibula in- 

 ferior validum, versus me- 

 dium tumida. 



BeaJc short, strong, robust, 

 depressed at the base, cur- 

 ved: the under mandible 

 stout, and tumid toward^ 

 the middle. 



