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268 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
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CepHauopterus, Geoffroy St. Hilaire. (fig. 237. ¢ 
General’ structure of Coracina, but with an enlarge 
crest on the head, which advances in front, and over 
- shadows the bill. ‘ 
C. ornatus. Pl. Col. 255. . ‘5 
Gymnocepuatus, Geoff. (fig. 237.d) Head and bas 
of the bill entirely naked. 
7 G. calvus. Le Vaill. Ois. del? Am. pl. 49. 
Susram. FRIGILINZ. * — 
Bill rather lengthened, slender, tapering to a point, subfa 
cate, and moreor lessarched. 238 
Notch of the upper man- 
dible obsolete. Nostrils 
basal, lateral, oval, open, 
entirely concealed by hav- | 
ing the frontal feathers | 
directed forwards. Feet strong, robust. 
the tarsus variable. Wings long, somewhat pointe 
but the three first quills graduated; the fourth an 
fifth being longest. . ie 
F. pyrrhocorax. Pl. Enl. 531. erythropus. Pl. Enl. 25: 
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* This subfamily at present contains but two European birds, wh 
almost appear to be types of as many genera; the above chara 
more strictly applicable to the first. o 
