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CORVID^. 



GENUS CLXXXIII.— CRYPSIRINA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum mediocre, basi plu- 

 mis tomentosis tectum, 

 paulo lateratim compres- 

 sum, supra convexum, in- 

 curvum, versus apicem ]a- 

 ciniatum. 



Cauda longissima, cuneifor- 

 ma. 



Na7'es minutissimae. 



Phrenotrix, Horsfield. 



Beak moderate, clothed at 

 the base with downy fea- 

 thers, a little compressed 

 laterally, convex above, in- 

 curved, and jagged to- 

 wards the tip. 



Tailvery long, wedge-shaped. 



Nostrils very small. 



Sp. 1 . Cr. variaus ? 



Corvus Tremia. Shatv, v. vii. ;;. 372, — Phrenotrix Treinia, 

 Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii.^;. 163. — Java. 



STIRPS IV.— PARADISEANA, Vigors. 



The Paradise birds, which form the present stirps, 

 are all natives of New Guinea, and the adjoining 

 islands : they are supposed to feed on fruits, and 

 cbiefly upon spices, though it is most probable that 

 their subsistence consists not only of fruits, but also 

 of insects: their plumage in general is most splen- 

 did, and the males are usually adorned with several 

 elongated and singularly constructed feathers. 



GENUS CLXXXIV.— ASTRAPIA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum basi glabrum, late- 

 ratun compressum, supra 

 angustum, aicutum, versus 



Beak glabrous at the base, 

 laterally compressed, nar- 

 row above, acute, laci- 



