GLAUCOPIS. WATTLE-BIRD. 



Generic Character, 



Rostrum incurvatum, forni- 

 catum, mandibula inferi- 

 ore breviore subtus ad 

 basin carunculata. 



Nares depressse, membrana 

 subcartilaginea semitec- 

 tae. 



Lingua subcartilaginea a- 

 pice incisa et ciliata. 



Pedes ambulatorii. 



Bill incur vated, arched, tlie 

 lower mandible wattled 

 beneath at the base. 



Nostrils depressed, half co- 

 vered by a subcartilagin- 

 ous membrane. 



Tongue semicartilaginous, 

 notched and ciliated at 

 the tip. 



Feet formed for walking ; 

 three toes before, one 

 behind. 



CINEHEOUS WATTLE-BIRD. 



Glaucopis cinerea. G. nigricans, oculis ccerukis,palearibus ruhris^ 



Museum Leverianum, p. 237* 

 Blackish Wattle-Bird, with blue eyes, and red wattles. 

 Glaucopis cinerea. Lin, Gmel, 

 Callaeas cinerea. Tjath. ind, orn. 

 Cinereous Wattle-Bird. Lath, syn. 



HE Wattle-Bird is one of those late acquisi- 

 tions with which the discoveries in the Southern 

 Hemisphere have enriched ornithology. It was a 

 bird entirely unknown to the naturalists of Europe 

 till brought, during the voyages of the late Capt. 



