TEKPSIPHONE PAPADTSI. 
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. , , ,n. exterior depth is about 2 inehes, and the cavity varies in diameter 
white eoeoons are often ^^d ! The exter J ^ 
from 2-0 to 275, and m depth from 1 0 to 1 is 
the exterior surface of tlie cavity, and this, wi or four twiffs spring from it, which. Captain Hutton 
.„u.ll, placed 0„ . horizontal branch, often It i aonrokmea hxed h. the 
remarks, are incorporated into its sides, e ma^ Cashmere Dr. Henderson found the nests of these birds in 
hraiich by means of grass and spiders webs. hair-like strips of bark. The 
apple- and mulberry-trees, placed high up ^ ^,otc or salmon-pink, more or less thickly 
number of eggs usually laid is four; the groun -co our is pin average in size 0-81 bvO'G inch, 
speckled, chiefly at the large end, with rather bright brown, sh-ied spots, iliey 
Genus HTPOTlIYMIS. 
n srmfil near the tip ; upper mandible flattened, and the 
Bill very broad and not compresse ^ jj^-geted forward. Wings with the 5th quill the 
lower inflated beneath ; rictal bristles on subequal. Tail equal to the 
longest, the 2nd shorter than tarsus much longer than the middle toe, pro- 
wing, even at the tip. Legs anc > curved, 
tected with well-developed scutse ; outer toe loi » 
