428 THE BIRDS OF ATJSTEALIA 



The Manucode. 



Phonygama gouldi. 



North-east Australia. 



Tail slightly rounded, the central feathers not exceeding the others; 

 above steel-green; wings and tail purplish -black; head green with two 

 long plumes projecting from each side of the occipiit; under parts green; 

 bill and legs black. Length 11.5, culmen 1.25, wing 6.15, tail 5.15, tarsus 

 1.55 inches. 



Its nest is composed of curly vine tendrils, and is fixed in a 

 fork near the end of the branch of a forest tree but usually near 

 scrub. The two eggs are a -purplish-pink, with longitudinal 

 reddish and purple streaks, especially in the apex ; they measure 

 1.42 X .95 inch. These birds are nowhere plentiful and are very 

 shy, and have a loud note. 



Group GoliomorphcB. 



Wing with ten primaries, the first reduced in size; claw of 

 middle toe oblique; bill stout, large and straight, chin angle 

 produced beyond the line of the nostrils ; tongue thick and fleshy, 

 horny at tip and sometimes split up into threads ; feet strong. 



Family GorvidcB. 



Bill without a distinct subterminal notch in the upper 

 mandible ; toes normal, the hallux very strong, but not as long as 

 mid toe. 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Nostrils placed high in the maxilla, never nearer to the 



lower edge of the maxilla than to the culmen. 



1. Wings long, distance between tip of wing and tip of 



tail not greater than length of tarsus. 

 Nostrils concealed with bristles. 



First primary not shorter than innermost 



secondaries. Corvus. 



First primary shorter than innermost secondaries. Corone. 



Nostrils bare. Strepera. 



2. Wings shorter, distance between tip of wing and tip 



of tail greater than length of tarsus. 

 Bill conical. Struthidea. 



B. Nostrils placed low in the maxilla, nearer to its lower 



edge than to the culmen. Corcorax. 



