ISO AVES. 



tlie forehead, occupying tlie site of the frontal feaflicrs, — laterally compressed, and eniarginatcd. The 

 nostrils, small and linear, are not surrounded Ijy a niendtranous space. 



They «re large birds of Australia and the neig;ld>ouring' islands, "^'hicli naturalists have arhitrarily disjwrsed in 

 SPA eral genera. Tliey are said to be very noisy and ciamorous, and pursue small Birds: [are also docile, and 

 readily Itam to whistle airs with remarkable power and execution]. 



The Chalybeans {Chnhiha'us, Cuv.) — 

 Have the beak similar to that of the Baritahs, except that it is rather less thick at the base, and the 

 nostrils are itierccd in a large membranous space. The known species are indigenous to New Guinea, 

 and are remarkahlp f(u- their fine tints, resembling Imrnisbcd steel. 



The r;iradi.M;)ii rimlybean (C. }>arai}is(riis, Cuv. ; Pni-aiUso'a viridi.s-, Gm.).— Tlie friitliers; on the head and neck 

 like curled \clvetj lUiich, to,L.^ether with the liLstre of its hues, has caused it to be ranki/d anK.mi; the Birds of 

 ranulise. 



The Tufted Chalyhean {C. cornutus^XW. \ BarUa Keraudrenii, Lesson).— Two ixiinted tufts of feathers on the 

 occiput ; and the trachea forms three circles before it reaches the lungs.* 



The I'sARAS (P.saris-, Cuv. ; Tetijra, Yieillot,) — 

 Have a conical beak, very thick, and rounil at its base, but not extending backward upon the forehead ; 

 the point is slightly compressed and hooked. 



The species inhabit South America, and that liest known is 



The Cayenne Psara (Z/ffHi»« f(7;/0H»i', Gm,), wbich is ash-coloured, with the head, wings, and tail, black. Its 

 manners resemble those of the Shrikes. There are many others. 



The Choucauts {GraucaJm^ Cuv.) — 

 Have the bill less compressed than in tbe Shrikes, tlie ridges of its upper mandible sharp, and regii- 

 latdy arcuated throughout its length; the conimi:>sure of the licak is ^.lightly arched. The feathers 

 which sometimes cover the nostrils have occasioned tliem to have 1.)een approximated to the Crows, 

 but the cmargination of the beak removes them from that genus [ ? ] 



They inhabit, like the Baritahs, the remotest parts of the Indian Ocean. Some have ven' brilliant ithmiage, and 

 compose the Pirola of Temminck, or PiUoiiorhijnchu.'i, Kuhl, founded on the head-feathers being more like vehet. 

 Sphecoiheres, Vieillot, only differs from the others in being rather more naked round the eyes. 



To the Choucaris may be approximated one of the most beautiful of the birds lately discovered in those reginns, 

 the Coracias puelln. Lath. ; Irenapnel/a, Horsf. ; Droinjo azure, Tern. ; a Javanese species, of a velvet black, the 

 back of which is of the most splendid ultramarine blue that can possibly be imagined. 



The Bethules {BetJn/his, Cuv. ; C/s:sojji's, Vieillot). 



The beak thick, short, uniformly bulging, and slightly compressed towards its tip. 



■\Ye know liiit of one, -which has the form and colours of our common Magpie — {Lamus levcrkinus, Shaw; 

 L. iuoiiii.-i, Latham). 



The Falconets {FaJcviiriihif;. Vieillot) — 



Have a compressed beak, almost as high as long, with the ridge of the upper mandible arcuated. [They 

 are merely Tits, with a somewhat shrike-like bill, and resemble our common Pari in their manners, 

 notes, nidification, eggs, and plumage]. 



The Cresteil Falconet {Lmi'ms fronintiis, Latham). — Si/e of a Sjiarrow, and nearh' the s:iine colours as our com- 

 mon Gi'cat Tit : the coronal featlK-rs uf the male form a crest. It inhabits New Ilulliind. [Some of the Jlidaconoil 

 are nearly allied.] 



Till-. Pardaf.otes (Par/ln/o/iis, Vicilhit) — 



Have a ,sliort beak, sliglitly coniprcsbcd, the upper mandible with a sharp arcuated ridgo, and its tip 

 emarginatod. They arc very small birds, with a shurt taU. 



Tlie best-known species (Pijira piinctatn, Shaw), is partly siirinkted ^^ith white, like an Amadavat. From 

 New Hohand, [where there are many others]. 



The Flycatchers {Muscicnpa, Lin.) — 

 Have the beak Imri/ontally depressed, and armed with Imstles at its base, with the pnint more or less 

 dci-iirverl and entarginatcd. Their general habits are those of the Shrikes ; and, according to their size, 

 they prey on small Birds or Insects. The most feeble of them pass by insensilde gradations into the 

 sli'iider-bdlcd warblers. AVe divide them as fuUow. 



