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Doci’iSu 
MiUtaris. 
» 
Nigra. 
Afra, 
Mtlan(Ki~ 
■ phatci. 
Sirfpcra. 
BIRDS. PIC^. 14. Coracla^. 
White interijjerfed with reddifh ; beneath bay ; legs fl 
low ; tail-feathers black tipt with white. Tanii ^ 
Inhabits fouthem AJia ; fize of a blackbird ; is docile f 
imitative. 
Bill yel*ow ; 9 firft quill-feathers white as far as tlie 
and then black, the j-cll wholly black : claws llelli-colour* 
Cnmfon; long quill-feathers and tail black. Crimfon 
Inhabits Cayert/je is probably not of this genus. . ,, 
Body a rkh vivid crimlbn ; bill orange : head llightly creft^' 
Jide-featkers Icaiger than the rell ; kgs dufky. ^ 
The whole body and linabs black ; tail long. Black 
Length 16 inches. ” 
Bill itrong, and with the feet black : tail 7 inches long. 
Ferruginous; beneath lilac; vent green-blue; quill 
taiFfeathers blue with blackilh tips. African 
Inhabits Africa; 81 inches long. 
Body flout ; bill yellow ; kgs brown. 
Purple-blue ; head and neck black ; body beneath whh®’ 
quill-feathers brown; tail wedged, tipt with white-- 
. , , . Black-headed 
Inhabits China ; fize of a crow-. 
Bill 3 nd kgs y(u{ : nape pale grey : Q. middle tail-feathers 
the reft purplifli, all tipt with vvhitc. 
Black ; fpot on the wings, .vent, bafe and tip of the 
black. e -r 
'NoijA 
Inhabits Norfolk Ifands in great numbers ; 19 inches long’ 
foolim and very noily by night. 
.BiYIeiiuclips long, flraightini, black, toothed and hom-cob’f' 
near the tip : nojirils naked, long, placed at the bale of 
bill : 6 hrlc quillfeathers white at the bafe, forming the lp“ 
on the wings : vent and lower tail-coverts white : tail le™’ 
round, the large feathers white at the bafe, the lateral oh 
.7- ■■ foWed reach as faf j 
at I r *’ the outer toe conne^ 
which affimilates it to 
genus Lorvps. 
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