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Show 256 AVES. Ocean, where t h ey are constantly and rapidly flying about in pursuit of Insects.( 1) BARITA, Cuv.(2)-CAssroANs, Buff. A large com· ca1 b ea k ' s traight and round at base, whichd sbc allko ps out a c.t rcular note1 1 m. the feathers on the forehead; roun ac , co.m · pressed s·t des, l1 00k e d Po int' and sloped laterally. The nostrils, small and linear, are not surrounded by a membran~us s~ace. . They are 1a rge birds of New Holland and. Its neighbourmg t· slan d s, w hI'C h h av e been arbitrarily placed m several genera. They are sal' d t o be .v ery noisy and clamorous. They pursue small Birds.(3) CHALYB.IEus, Cuv. A beak similar to that of the Barit;;e, but somewhat smaller at ba~e,. and the nostrils pierced in a large membranous space. :he spe~1es k nown are f ro m New Guinea ' and are remarkable for their beautiful tints which resemble browned steel. ' C. parad,isa3Us, Cuv.; Paradisrea viridis, Gm.; Enl. ?34. The feathers on the head and neck like curled velvet,-which, added to the lustre of its hues, has caused it to be placed among the Birds of Paradise. C. cornutus, Cuv.; Barita Keraudrenii, Less. and Garn. Vo~. de Duperr. pl. 13. Two pointed tufts of feathers on the OCCI· put; its trachea forms three circles, before it reaches the lungs. PsAnrs, Cu v .( 4 )-BEOARDEs, Buff. The beak conical, very stout and round at base, but does not scallop out the feathers on the forehead; the point slightly compressed and hooked. From South America. The best known species is the (1) Here come Lan. leucorhynclws, Gm. Enl. 9, 1, t b e same as Lan· dominicanm, Sonnerat, Voy. I, pl. xxv.-Lan. viridis, Enl. 32, 1--0cyp. cinereus, Val.-: 0c yp-s terus fuscatus.-Ocyp. ruflventer. Consult the monograp 11 y of M• · Valenclenne an this genus published in the Mem. du ::\Ius. tom. VII, p. 20, pl. 7, 8, g, y (2) Ban.t a, the Greek name of an unknown B1. r d . M . v·1 e 11 o t ha' s given to m Baritre, the name of CnAcTrcus. ~ aria (3) We place here the Cassican, Buff. (Coracias varia, Gm.; Gracu/t~·~ Sh.) Enl. 628.-LP. jlfJ.teur, ( Coracias tibicen, Lath. second sup pl.; Gra~ a 1 1 a' Sh.) Voy. de l'reycm. . pl. xx.-Corvus g;racul.m us, J. WIu · te ,. Coracwa strDep crd .' Lath. Ind. Ornith.; Gracula strepera, Shaw; Reveilleur del' Isle de .Norf~lk, au e~: Gr. calybe, Vaill. Ois. de Par. 67; Vieill. Galer. 109, and one species With a tap ing tail, Bar. anapltoreais, Temm. d 't 'nto ( 4) Psaris, the Greek name of an unknown Bird. Vieill. has change 1 1 TxnnA., Galer. 134, 1; Spix into Pachyrhyncltus, Av. Brasil, 44. PASSERINJE. 257 Lanius cayanus, Gm.; Enl. 304 and 307; Vieill. Galer. 134; Spix, 44, 1. Cinereous; head, wings and tail, black. Its habits are those of the Shrikes.(!) GRAuoALus,(2) Cuv.-CHouoAius, Buff. The beak less compressed than in the Shrikes; the upper ridge is sharp pointed, and regularly arcuated, the commissure slightly so. The feathers which sometimes cover their nostrils have caused them to be referred to the Ravens, but the emargination of their beak removes them from that genus. From the remotest parts of the Indian Ocean.(3) BETHYLus, Cuv.(4) The beak stout, short, arched every where, slightly compressed near the point. One species only is known, which, as to shape and colour, is a miniature resemblance of the common European Magpie.( 5) F ALOUNouLus, Vie ill. The beak compressed, nearly as high as it is long; the upper ridge arcuated. The species known,-Lanius frontatus, Lath.; Second Suppl. Col. 77; Vieill. Galer. 137, is of the size of the Finch, and (1) Buffon has improperly extended the name of Becarde, (Punxs, C.) to a Tyrannus (Lan. sulfuratus), and to a Shrike closely allied to the Thrushes (Lan. barbarus). Add Pachyrhynchus semifasciatus, Spix, 44, 2, which is the Ptaria Cuvieri, Swains.-the Psaris erythrogenis, Selby, Zool. Jour. I, p. 484.ThePachyrhynchus, niger, Cuvieri, cinerascens, rujeacens, Spix, 45 and 46, have a smaller beak but the same form. (2) Graucalua, the Greek name of an ash-coloured Bird; three out of four of these being of this colour. Vieillot confounds them with his ConA.CIN..t., which comprize the Gymnoderus and Gymnocepltalus, of which we shall speak hereafter. (3) Corvus papuensia, Gm.; Enl. 630; Vieill. Galer. 113.-Corvua nov.z GuinetB, En!. 629.-Corvus melanops, Lath.-Rollier d masque rwir, Vaill., Ois. de Par., &c. 86.-Another, entirely of a brilliant violet of browned steel, the female greenish, Which forms the genus PmoLL of Temm., or PTILoNonarNcnus of Kuhl, founded 00 the head feathers being more 1ike velvet. The genus SPHECOTHERE of Vieill., Galer, 147, Choucari vert of the Voy. du Freycinet, pl. xxi, only differs from the others in being a little more naked about the eye. . (4) Bethylus, the Greek name of an unknown Bird: Vieillot has changed it Into that of Pillurion or CrssoPrs. (S) It is the Pie-grieche, Vaill. Afr. 60, and Vieill. Galer, 140. Lanimleverianu,, Sh. Lanius picatus, Lath. Illiger makes a Tangara of it. We may approximate to it the Lan. corvinm, Sh.; Vaill. Afr. 78, the beak of which, however, is more compressed. Vot. I.-2 H |