CINEREOUS-WATTLE-BIRD. 339 



Cook, from New Zealand, where it is said to be 

 not uncommon. 



Its length is about fifteen inches, and its size 

 that of a Jay: its colour is an uniform deep cinere- 

 ous, or rather nearly black, and from beneath the 

 base of the lower mandible, on each side, hangs a 

 rounded wattle, of considerable size, and of a red 

 colour; in substance not ill resembling the same 

 part in the common Cock : the base of each wattle 

 is blue: the irides are also of a bright blue colour: 

 the tail is rather long, and in shape slightly cunei- 

 form. In its manners this bird seems much to 

 resemble the genus Corvus, feeding on insects, 

 berries, and according to some accounts^ on the 

 smaller birds. 



