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although short, are very stiff ; the feet are remark- 
ably short, small, and weak. It is not surprising 
that writers who are led to decide by outward and 
general similitudes, should have placed this singular 
bird in the same genus as its prototype, the Cora- 
cina icutata (Tem.), seeing that the colours of both 
are nearly the same. The Coracina, however, is 
merely the representative, among the crows, of 
Querula; its bill is high, compressed instead of de- 
press ed ; and the feet, although very short, are 
remarkably strong ; the lateral toes are likewise 
equal, while those of Querula are unequal : the bill, 
in short, of each bird, at once proclaims its family. 
Did the Piahau stand alone in the station we have 
assigned to it, we should have had much hesitation 
in removing it beyond the circle of the Ampelidce, 
although quite ignorant what precise station it 
would hold in that circle. But fortunately there is 
another bird which is so clearly connected to Que- 
rula, yet is nevertheless such a decided flycatcher, 
that our confidence in the arrangement we are now 
pursuing is greatly increased. "We shall here insert 
the only species yet known of this genus. 
