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group to the notice of ornithologists ; and, it is 
proper also to mention, that several others, erro- 
neously placed by M. Temminck trader our genus 
Drymopliila, strictly belong to Monaeha. The 
analogous representations of this beautiful group are 
so palpable that they hardly require pointing out. 
It reminds us immediately of Psaris by its bill, — 
of Sericulus by its velvetty feathers, — of Oriolus 
by its colour, and, through them, of the paradise 
birds (ParadisidwJ. The carinated species, again, 
puts on the exact colours of a Ceblepyris ; while, 
in M. telescopthalma, tve have the spectacle-like 
wattles of Perspicilla, Ceblepyrus lobatus, and the 
sub-genus Platystera; not to mention the nume- 
rous species of naked-eyed and wattled plovers, and 
many of the honey-suckers ( Melipfuigidce J, all 
which are grallatorial types. How surprising is this 
uniformity in the midst of the greatest possible 
variety! We know not which excites the greatest 
surprise — the fact itself, or the new lustre thus 
discovered in the works of Omnipotence. 
