262 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
Serinopuus, Sw. Bill smaller. Head witha procum- 
bent crest of silky feathers. Nostrils as‘in Eury- 
laimus. Rictus smooth. Wings moderate; lesser 
quills emarginate at the tips. Tail short, rounded 5 
the tips of the feathers, together with those of the 
tour first pee terminated in soft slender’ pointe. 
The rasorial type.* 
S. lunulatus. Zool. Tr. i. pl. 25. 
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Trisse Il. CONIROSTRES. 
Bill more or less conic ; slightly notched. 
Famity CORVIDA. . Crows. 
Size large. Bill thick, strong; the upper mandible 
with a very slight notch. Nostrils covered or defended 
by incumbent bristles or feathers. Feet strong. 
Suzsram. CORVINZ. Typical Crows. 
Stature large. Form robust. Feet formed for walking : 
the lateral toes of equal length. Wings lengthened, 
pointed. 
Corvus, Linn. Bill somewhat lengthened, strong: tip 
of the upper mandible 
slightly inflexed over the 
lower ; obsoletely, or not 
at all notched: culmen ele- 
vated, and slightly curved 
from the base. Nostrils 
covered and concealed by stiff, lengthened, incumbent 
bristles. Wings long, pointed ; the first, second, and 
third quills graduated. Tail various. 
C. corone. Selby, pl. 28. 
Pica. Brisson. Magpie. Tail lengthened, and con- 
siderably graduated. 2 
Corvus pica. Selby, pl. 31. f. 2. 
* It is by this beautiful type, and Megalaphus regius, that I consider ( 
the Eurylaimine and the Muscicapine are united. 
