STURNIDZ AND CORVIDA. — ANALOGIES. 105 
vine, or hangnests. Those which have the shortest 
pills, on the other hand, belong to the typical Fissi- 
rostres, — the swallows and night-jars ; and such is also 
the peculiarity of the Agelaine among the Sturnide. 
The ornithologist will perceive that the three aberrant 
analogies, as we have stated on former occasions, are 
_ reversed; for the Fissirostres,.and not the Scansores, 
_ follow the Dentirostres: but it is equally clear, that 
the boat-tails, of all the starlings, show the nearest 
affinity to the crows; and that the maize-birds, Agelaine, 
evince an affinity, equally strong, to the finches. It 
is also unquestionable, that our first column—of the sub- 
families of Sturnide — forms a circular group, founded 
upon analysis: we shall not, therefore, attempt to trans- 
pose any of its contents, merely to get over an imagin- 
ary difficulty in their parallelism with the primary 
types. | 
_ (121.) As a second confirmation of our arrangement 
being natural, we shall now place the subfamilies of 
the Sturnide opposite to those of the Corvide, and then 
glance at the results. This table, in fact, will serve as 
much to verify one family as the other. 
Analogies of the StuRNID& and the Corvip&. 
Subfamilies of Subfamilies of 
the Sturnide. Analogical Characters. the Corvide. 
ain. ave Jepethoned, conic; the notch wee Comte: 
Lamprotornine. j Cth ales HE ala the culmen vay Garruline. 
Scaphidurine. Tail singularly developed, Glaucopine. 
eerie. Pe Spon soft fruits ; feet ens Ciineine. 
Agelaine. Wings lengthened. Fregiline. 
Starlings and crows, as every field naturalist — nay, every 
common observer — knows, feed in the same manner, 
associate in flocks, pick out worms from the ground, 
perch upon the backs of cattle, and partake both of ani- 
mal and vegetable diet. Equally perfect is the analogy 
between the grakles and the jays: they are the most 
richly coloured group in their respective circles ; and 
