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Posseres. 
e. Procnus, Hofm. 
Beak weaker, more 
depressed, and cleft to 
below the eye. Fig. 162. 
f. Gymnoderes , Geoff. 
Naked-necks. 
Beak stronger. Neck partly naked and 
the head covered with 
velvet-like feathers. 
5. EdoliuS;, Cup. Deok- ' 
GO. 
Beak depressed and Nostrils covered Generally tinted 
sloped at the end, the with feathers and long with black, and with 
culminating edge sharp, hairs like mustachios. forked tails. 
both mandibles slightly Insectivorous. 
arched in their whole 
length. Fig. 65. 
6. TuRDUS, Lin. 
Beak compressed and 
arched, but without 
crook, and the notches 
less marked than in the 
JLanius. Fiar. 96, 
a. Blackbirds. 
Generally frugivo- 
•us : habits solitary. 
Colours uniform, dis- 
tributed in large masses. 
h. Thrushes. 
Plumage speckled , 
marked with small black 
or brown spots. 
7. Pyrrho-Gorax,Cm>'. 
Beak of Turdus, but 
nostrils covered with 
feathers. Fig. 102. Si~ 
crin. 
8. Oriolus, Lin. (1) 
Beak of Turdus, but 
rather stronger. 
(i) Linnaeus and his successors united them to the Casslcans, which they resemble 
only in their colours. 
Feet shorter in pro- 
portion. Fig. 67. 
