BIRDS. 



GENUS XIV.— WATTLE-BIRD. 



1 HE bill in this Genus is incurvated ; the upper mandible exceed- 

 ing the lower in length. 



At the gape on each side a carunculated Watfele, arising from the 

 under mandible. 



Nostrils depressed, half covered by a membrane, of a texture 

 somewhat cartilaginous, and tufted at the end. 



Tongue subcartilaginous, divided at the end, or rather deeply 

 serrated, and ciliated. 



Legs made for walking ; toes three before and one behind, the 

 shins carinated at the back part. 



CINEREOUS WATTLE-BIRD— Pl. xxxviii. 



Calloeas cinerea, Ind. Orn. i. 149. 



Glaucopis cinerea, Grn. Lin. i. 363. Daud. ii. 293. pi. 21. Shaiv's Zool. vii. 338. pi. 



42. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. Ii. 

 Der Aschgraue Lappen vogel, Schmid Vog. p. 65. t, 53. 

 Cinereous Wattle-Bird, Gen. Syn. i. 364. pi. 14. 



SIZE of a Jay ; length fifteen inches. Bill black, strong, and 

 curves downwards, in length one inch and a quarter ; nostrils placed 



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