corvida:. 



71 



8p. 2. Co. Bengalensis. 



Coracias Indica. ShavOi v. vii. p. 390. — India. 



Sp. 3. Co. viridis. Cuvier. 



Coracias Indica var. Shaw, v. vii, p. 391.— Southern Africa. 



B. Cauda valde furcata. 



B. With the tail much forked. 



Sp. 4. Co. Abyssinica. 



Coracias albifrons. Shave, v. vii. p. 392. — Abyssinia and Se- 

 negal. 



Sp. 5. Co. Angolensis. Shaiv, v, vii. ^. 394. jo/. 51. — Angola. 

 Sp. 6. Co. cyanogaster. Ciivier. 



GENUS CLXXX — GRACULA, Vieillot. 



Rostimm robustum, supra 

 convexum, subarcuatum, 

 apice emargiuatum et cur- 

 vatum : mandihiila infe- 

 rior compressa. 



Caput carunculatum. 



EuLABKS, Cuvier. 



Beak robust, convex above, 

 a little arcuated, its tip 

 emarginated and curved : 

 the lower mandible com- 

 pressed. 



Head carunculated. 



The only species known of this genus is said to 

 possess the faculty of imitating the human voice more 

 accurately than any other bird. 



Sp. 1. Gracula religiosa. Shavo, v. vii. p. 451. pi. 54. — India. 



GENUS CLXXXL— PTILONORHYNCHUS, Kuhl. 



Rostrum breve, forte, ro- Beah short, strong, robust, 



bustum, basi depressum, depressed at the base, cur- 



curvatum : mandibula in- ved : the under mandible 



ferior validum, versus me- stout, and tumid towards 



dium tumida. the middle. 



