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rince, or hangnests. Those which have the shortest 
hills, on the other hand, belong to the typical Fissi- 
rostres, — the swallows and night-jars ; and such is also 
the peculiarity of the Agelaince among the Sturnida:. 
The ornithologist will perceive that the three aberrant 
analogies, as we have stated on former occasions, are 
reversed; for the FissiTOStTBS, and not the ScansoTCSj 
follow Dmtirostres: but it is equally clear, that 
the hoat-taUs, of all the starlings, show the nearest 
affinity to the crows ; and that the maize-birds, Agelaimi, 
evince an affinity, equally strong, to the finches. It 
is also unquestionable, that our first column— of the sub- 
families of Stumida — forms a circular group, founded 
upon analysis : we shall uot, theretore^ attempt to trans- 
pose any of its contents, merely to get over an imagin- 
ary difficulty in their parallelism with the primary 
types. 
(121.) As a second confirmation of our arrangement 
being natural, we shall now place the subfamilies of 
the Stumidm opposite to tliose of the Corvida, and then 
glance at the results. This table, in fact, will serve as 
much to verify one family as the other. 
Analogies of the Sturnida: and the Corvida;. 
Subfamilies of Analoeical Characters. 
the Sturnida?. 
SturnincE '^"Sthened, conic; the notch indis-^ Corvin(B. 
^^}9arruUn^. 
Scaphidurirue. Tail nipgularly developed. Glaucopirue. 
Icterime. [ ] Coraemffi. 
Subfamilies of 
the Corvida?. 
Agelaiiuz. Wings lengthened. 
Fregilinee. 
Starlings and crows, as every field naturalist — nay, every 
common observer — knows, feed in the same manner, 
associate in flocks, pick out worms from the ground, 
perch upon the backs of cattle, and partake both of ani- 
mal and vegetable diet. Equally perfect is the analogy 
between the grakles and the jays: they are the most 
richly coloured group in their respective circles ; and 
