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GENUS CLXXXIL— GLAUCOPUS, Forster. 

 WATTLE-BIRD. 



Rostrum fornicatum, eras- 

 sum, integrum, versus api- 

 cemcurvatum; mandibula 

 superior margines inferi- 

 oris tegens, inferior bre- 

 vier subtus ad basin ca- 

 runculata. 



Callous, Vieillot. 



BeaJc arched, thick, intire, 

 curved towards *the tip : 

 the upper mandible cover- 

 ing the edges of the lower, 

 which latter is short and 

 carunculated beneath at 

 the base. 



Sp. 1. Gl. cinerea. Shatv, v. vii. p. 338. pi. 42. 



Inhabits New Holland. Feeds on insects, ber- 

 ries, &c. 



Sp. 2. GI. leucoptera. 



G L. nigj'a Jascia alarum alba. 



Black Wattle-bird with a white band on the wings. 



Glaucopis leucopterus. Temm. PI. Col. 265. 



Inhabits Sunda, Sumatra, &c. Length fourteen 

 inches : the prevailing colour of the plumage is black, 

 with a white band on the wing : this band is parallel 

 to the body, and is formed by the tips of the greater 

 coverts, and a portion of the outer webs of the two 

 first secondary quills being white : the legs and feet 

 are black. At the base of the beak is a small naked 

 space which communicates with a denuded spot round 

 the orbits of the eyes : the tail is long, much wedged : 

 the wings are short and rounded : the base of the 

 beak is furnished above with small twisted stiff fea- 

 thers. 



