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CORVID^. 



Nares basales, laterales, 

 apertae, plumulis obtectae. 



Pedes robusti; tarsi digitus 

 medius longiores : digiti 

 exteriores ad medium coa- 

 liti ; laterales inaequales. 



Nostrils basal, lateral, open, 

 clothed with feathers. 



Legs robust; tarsi longer 

 than the middle toe : the 

 outer toes connected to the 

 middle; the lateral ones 

 unequal. 



Ptilonorhynchus. Temm. Analyse, 



All the species of this genus inhabit Australasia, 

 or the islands of the South Seas. 



Sp. 1. Pt. violaceus. 



Pt. corpora violaceo nitente, mas.; aut olivaceOi foemina. 

 Ptilonorhynchus with the body of a glossy violet, male; or oliva- 

 ceous, female. 



Inhabits the South Sea Islands. 



Sp. 2. Pt. viridis. 

 Pt. corpore viridis. 

 Ptilonorhynchus with a green body. 



Inhabits the South Sea Islands. 



Sp. 3. Pt. niger. 



Pt. niger nitens pedibus pallidis ; autj Juscus, lunulis viridibus 

 variegatis. 



Glossy black Ptilonorhynchus with the legs pale ; or, brown, va- 

 riegated with green crescents. 

 Satin Grakle. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii.^. 171. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length about nine 

 inches: beak pale: plumage wholly glossy black: 

 legs pale. The female and young bird are brown, 

 more or less mixed and varied with greenish crescents 

 on a pale ground. 



