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Bill, convex, thick, comprefted a little on the Tides, cultrated. XV. GRAKLE. 
Nostrils, fmall, near the bafe of the bill; often near the edge. 
Tongue, entire; rather fharp at the end. 
Toes, three forward, one backward; the middle conne&ed at the 
bafe to the outmoft. 
Claws, hooked and (harp. 
Mino, Edw. XVII. Chinefe Starling. Edw. XIX. Ex» 
Inhabits Afia and America. 
Gracula of Linn^us, VIII fpecies. Ifferus, Pica , and T urdus ^of 
Brijfon. 
None of Linn^us’s fpecies can be the Graculus of Pliny , or our 
Chough. For all his are Afatic , African } or American . 
Bill, (lightly bending. The bafe covered with velvet-like feathers. XVI.PARADISE. 
Nostrils, fmall, and concealed by the feathers. 
Tail, confiding of ten feathers ; two very long naked (hafts, 
fpringing from above the rump. 
Legs and Feet, very large and ftrong; three toes forward, one 
backward: the middle connected as far as the fir ft joint of the 
exterior. 
Claws, large, hooked, and (harp. 
Birds of Paradife, Edw. CX. CXI. jj x 
Floats on the air, and often flies fwiftly backwards and forwards, 
1 like the Swallow ; often lights, and perches on trees ; feeding 
on fruits, and even fmall birds. 
Inhabits New Guinea and the Molucca IJles. Paradifaa of Lin- 
naeus, III fpecies. Manucodiata of Brijfon II. 130. only II 
fpecies. More fince difcovered, 
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