STURNIDyE. 



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Sp. 2? Pa. Mauritiaiius. 



Tu. Mauritiaiius. Steph. v. x. p. 256.— The East India Islands. 



Sp. 3. Pa r cantor. 



Turdus cantor. Steph. v x.357. — Lamprotornis cantor. Temm. 

 PI. Col. 1.50.— The East India Islands. 

 Sp. 4. Pa.^ columbinus. 



Turdus columbinus. Steph. v. x. p. 245. — Lamprotornis co- 

 lumbinus. Temminck. — The Indian Islands. 



N. B, The genus Grallina Vieillot may probably be found to 

 belong to the present stirps : it is described in vol. xiii. pt. ii. 

 page 188. 



STIRPS v.— BUPHAGINA } 

 GENUS CLXXIIL— BUPHAGA, Brisson. BEEF-EATER. 



Rostrum mediocre, rectum, 

 integrum, subquadratum, 

 paulo compressum, supra 

 infraque apicem obtusum, 

 tumidum. 



Beak moderate, straight, in- 

 tire, rather quadrate, a 

 little compressed, above 

 and beneath the tip ob- 

 tuse, tumid. 



Sp. 1. Bu. Africana. Shaw, v. viii. p. 50. pi. 6. — Africa. 



FAMILY III.— CORVIDiE. 



Rostrum subelongatum, forte, magis minusve lateratim compres- 

 sum; marginibus plerumque paulo emarginatis aut laciniatis : 

 pedes simplices. 



Beak rather elongated, strong, more or less compressed laterally, 

 with its margins occasionally a little emarginated or jagged : 

 legs simple. 



The Corvidae are usually birds of large size, and 

 are the most perfect of the class in their construe- 



