PHRENOTRIX TEMIA. 
Ord. IP? Les Passereaux, Cuvier. 3™ Famille. Les Cornirostres, Div. 
Les Corbeaux, 
Ord. IP* Omnivores, Temminck. 
Ord. II. PiCiE, Linn. Syst 
Ord. II. Ambulatores, IUiger. Fam. 14, Coraces. 
PHRENOTRIX, Nob, 
Chab. Gen. — Rostrum mediocre, validum, altum, ciiltratum, basi crassiusculum. 
Maxilla arcuata, lateribus subconvexis, kevibus, sensim in cnlmen conniven- 
tibus. Capistrum latum, plumulis holosericis densis. Nares capistro reconditae, 
circulares, parvae, in medio sulci transversalis ad basin rostri dispositae. Al<B 
rotundafce: remigibus integris S et 4 longioribus. Cauda corpore longior, 
cuneata, rectricibus 10 in paribus dispositis. Pedes congrui : digiti mediocres, 
exteriore medio ad basin levissime coalito. Acropodia scutulata. Ungues 
coinpressi: liallucis medio vix major. 
Affinitas. — Genus nostrum etsi Paradisiae et Corvo affine, characteres satis 
distinctos habet. 
Phrenotrix fuliginosa nitore viride-olivaceo fuscescente, capistro atro. 
Cliekitut or Henteot of the Javanese. 
Temia, Le VaiUant Afr. 56. 
Corvus varians, Lath. Suppl. 
Phrenotrix Temia, Horsf Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans. 
Vol XII. p. 162. 
THIS bird has a long and slender form ; the body is proportionally small, and 
the tail large, and capable of great expansion. The feet are robust, the wings short, 
and the bill thick and powerful. The claws are comparatively large, strong, 
sharp, and much curved. The length of the body and head is five, and of the tail 
seven inches. The bill measures eleven lines from the gape to the point. The tail 
is cuneate, and consists of ten feathers, disposed in five pairs, gradually increasing in 
size ; the two middle feathers are uncommonly broad, and roimded at the extremity, 
affording a peculiar appearance to this bird, in which it differs from its affinities. 
