CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



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505. Zanclostomus sumatranus. (Raffles.) (Obtained at Malacca.) 



Phoenicophaeus nigriventris. Peale.* 



506. Phoenicophaeus curvirostris. (Shaw.) (Obtained at Malacca.) 



507. Centropus phasianus. (Latham.) Australia. 



508. Centropus melanops. Lesson. Philippine Islands. 



Centropus nigrifrons. Peale. 



509. Indicator maculatus. G. R. Gray. South Africa. 



510. Crotophaga laevirostra. Swainson. Brazil. 



511. Scythrops novae-hollandiae. Latham. Australia. 



512. Ramphastos dicolorus. Gmelin. Brazil. 



513. Pteroglossus aracari. (Linnaeus.) Brazil. 



514. Pteroglossus Bailloni. Wagler. Brazil. 



515. Pteroglossus maculirostris. Lichtenstein. Brazil. 



III. Order RASORES. 



516. Gallus Bankiva. Temminck. (Obtained at Malacca.) 



517. Gallus Bankiva, var. tahiticus. Cassin. Society Islands. 



518. Gallophasis pyrrhonotus. G. R. Gray. (Obtained at Malacca.) 



519. Gallophasis purpureus. Gray. (Obtained at Malacca.) 



520. Polyplectron bicalcaratum. (Latham.) (Obtained at Malacca.) 



521. Argus giganteus. Temminck. (Obtained at Malacca.) 



522. Tetrao obscurus. Say. Oregon. 



523. Tetrao urophasianus. Bonaparte. Oregon. 

 624. Bonasia umbellus. (Linnaeus.) Oregon. 



525. Francolinus afer. (Latham.) South Africa. 



526. Francolinus capensis. (Gmelin.) South Africa. 



527. Rollulus cristatus. (Gmelin.) (Obtained at Malacca.) 



528. Rollulus niger. (Vigors.) (Obtained at Malacca.) 



and white tips ; wings rounded, sixth quill longest, all the quills tipped with sepia-brown ; bill green ; 

 legs lead-color. 



" Total length, twelve and three-tenths inches ; wing, from the carpal joint, four and seven-tenths 

 inches; tail, six and eight-tenths inches; outer feathers, three and one-half inches ; tarsi, nine-tenths ot 

 an inch ; middle toe, including the claw, eight-tenths of an inch ; claw, one-fourth of an inch ; outer 

 hind toe, seven-tenths of an inch ; claw, two-tenths of an inch ; inner hind toe, one-half of an inch ; 

 claw, two-tenths of an inch ; bill, one inch ; to the corner of the mouth, one and two-tenths inches.'' 

 Peale, as above. 



* "Head, neck, and breast, dark cinereous gray; back, wings, and tail, dark, metallic blue-green; 

 vent dusky black ; tail long, cuneate, and tipped with white ; wings rounded, fourth, fifth, and sixth 

 quills equal and longest; cheeks covered with red papillae, margined next the bill with short black 

 bristles ; eyelashes composed of strong black bristles ; bill stouter, and not so long as that of P. Suma- 

 tranus; nostrils nearly round or pyriform, and opening downwards into the inflated base of tlie bill. 



"Total length, fourteen inches; wing, from the carpal joint, five and four-tenths inches; tail, eight 

 inches ; the outer feathers, four and one-tenth inches ; tarsi, one and one-fourth inches ; middle toe- 

 including the claw, one inch ; claw, three-tenths of an inch ; outer hind toe, nine-tenths of an incli ; 

 claw, two-tenths of an inch ; inner hind toe, one-half of an inch ; claw, two-tenths of an inch ; bill, 

 one and one-twentieth inches ; to the corners of the mouth, one and one-fourth inches." Peale, as 

 above. 



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