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different from their brilliant plumage, the species are characterized with difficulty. MELLISUGA of M. Vieillot. The greatest number have the tail equal. C. Splendida. Sh. Vieill. 82. Head and throat, violet blue; upper parts, brilliant golden green; bright red bar across the breast. Africa. C. Caffra. Edw. 347. Shining green, above, glossed, with green and copper; red bar across the breast. Cape. (Cert Superba. Vieill. 22.) Bright green gold, above; throat, violet-blue and gold; bar of yellow

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Alexandrine Parrakeet. P. Alexandri. L. Enl. 642. Vaill. 30. Edw. 292. The young of which, according to Kuhl, is P. Eupatria. L. Vaill. 73. Enl. 239. Bright-green, with a red collar on the neck, and a black spot under the throat. Yellow-collared Parrakeet. P. Annulatus. Bech. Vaill. 75, 76. Above, brilliant green; beneath, yellow-green; head of male, blue; collar, yellow; intermediate tail quills, long blue, tipped with yellowish-white. Pondicherry. Blossom-headed Parrakeet. P. Erythrocephalus

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neck black; wing-coverts white-edged and spotted; tail dull blue; feet blackish; female greenish. Paraguay. Thamnophilus Ruficapillus Vieil. Batara Aconaledo Azara 215. Crown red; throat and chest black and white banded; belly whitish; back varied blue and brown; middle tail feathers blackish; outer black; outermost white tipt; bill above black beneath pale blue; feet lead-coloured; length six inches and a quarter. Paraguay. Thamnophilus Viridis Vieil. Green; forehead throat hinder parts and tail

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spots. Vieillot makes Pl. 186 a new species under the name of A. Caerulea. Ampelis Cayana Pl. Enl. t. 624. A. tersa and A. variegate Gmel. Shining blue; neck beneath violet; quills and tail black blue-edged. Ampelis Cristata Vieil. Crested; wings and tail black; belly and cheeks white; back red. Ampelis Maynana Pl. Enl. t. 229. Shining blue; throat violet silky. Ampelis Fusca Vieil. Body above black; brown beneath; crown chest and middle white; streaked sides with violet-brown. Brazils. [page

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Malurus Palustris Vieil. Brown beneath ferrugineous; throat blue; tail long wedge-shaped; tail-feathers pennate disjointed; bill blackish brown; feet brown. New Holland. Allied to Musc. Malachura. T. Brachypterus Lath. Suppl. Pale-brown inclining to ash beneath breast obscurely waved; wings very short. New Holland. Muscicapa Malachura Lin. Trans iv. t. 21. Vail. O. A. t. 130. f. 2. Ferrugineous brown beneath paler; streak before the eye and eyebrow pale blue; throat gray; beard of tail

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streak, black; fulvous-yallow beneath. Twelve inches. Senegal. Black-billed Kingfisher. Al. Melanoryncha. Tem. Col. 391. Bill large and black; head and under parts, buff waved; wings, rump and tail, green. Celebes. Varied Kingfisher. A. Omnicolor. T. Col. 135. Bill and feet, red.; back and belly, deep blue; quills, green; coverts and head, black; neck, waved black and deep blue; throat, waved red and black. Java. Double-eyed Kingfisher. A. Diops. Id. Col. 212. Above, ultramarine, with the vent

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have brilliant colours. They live in pairs in the breeding season, and in small bands the rest of the year. Great Barbet. B. Grandis. Enl. 871. Changeable green, with the quills varied with black; head and neck, blue; vent, red. China and India. Green Barbet. B. Viridis. Enl. 870. Green, with head and neck greyish brown; white spot near the eye. India. Yellow-fronted Barbet. B. Flavifrons. Cuv. Vaill. Ois. de Par. 55. Top of head and back of neck, olive-green; about the cheeks and throat, blue

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; behind it another, much larger, light-blue; back of neck, red and yellow; upper wing-coverts, blue; middle tail- feathers, green; the lateral, blue. New Holland.* Among the Parrots with a short and equal tail may be distinguished The COCKATOOS, which M. Vieillot has named PLYCTOLOPHUS. These have a crest, formed of long and narrow feathers, ranged on two lines, recumbent or erect at the will of the bird. They live in the remotest parts of India. The plumage of most of them is white. They are

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coverts, verditer-blue. This was presented to the Society, by Mr. Brown, and was taken at Memory Cove, on the South Coast of New Holland. Barnard's Parrot was presented by Edward Barnard, Esq. to the Society. It came from the interior of New Holland, but appears to be a scarce species in its native country. It is about fifteen inches long; the forehead is deep crimson; the rest of the head, pale-green; on the nape is a broad brown patch; the back and wing-coverts are deep-blue; the rump and

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Lutescens Gml. Ferrugineous-brown; beneath reddish-white; forehead and throat yellowish; ears dull-red; length six inches. Blue-tailed Warbler Motacilla Cyanura Pallas Iter. Yellowish-ash; beneath and eye-brows yellow-white; wing and tail brown; rump and edge of tail-feathers blue. Siberia. Daurian Warbler Mot. Areola Pallas. Black; crown ash; forehead and wing-spot white; beneath and side tail-feather foxy; two middle ones black. Siberia. Murine Warbler Mot. Murina Gml. Mouse-colour; beneath

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Tr. Margaritaceus. Enl. 680. Vieil. 16. Body above, green-gold; beneath, pearly-grey. St. Domingo. Tr. Multicolor. Gm. or, Harlequin Humming Bird of Lath. Vieil. 79. Head, throat, front of neck, breast, and upper wing-coverts, green; a broad blue band between the eye and nape; black between this and top of back; belly, carmine, c. We give the name of ORTHORHYNCUS to those whose bill is straight. Among which are some with tufted heads; others have tufts or feathers prolonged on the sides of the

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Tr. Auritus. Sh Vieil. 25. Bright-gold-green above; white underneath. Cayenne. Tr. Collaris. Vieil. 61 and 62. Head, rich variable green, and gold; ruby-coloured ruff round the neck. Nootka Sound. Tr. Superbus. Sh. Longirostris. Vieil. 59. Col. 299. Crown of head, sky-blue; throat, brilliant scarlet, with full feathers; rest, gold-green, paler beneath. S. America. Tr. Mellivorus. Enl. 640. Head and under neck, deep blue; neck, above, green-gold, crossed by a milk-white bar. Cayenne. Tr

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Panayan Cuckow. C. Radiatus. Son. Voy. pl. 76. Black-brown, cheek and throat, vinaceous; chest and belly, yellow, black banded; tail, black, white tipt Panay. Noisy Cuckow. C. Clamosus. Cuv. Vaill. 204, 205. Deep-blue; quills of tail, brown; female, barred, greenish, underneath. Africa. Edolio Cuckow. C. Edolius. Cuv. Vaill. 207, 208. Colour, dingy blue-black and green, mixed; crested; female, white, beneath. Africa. N.B. Cuc. Serratus. Sparm. Mus. Carl. III. is. the male of this. C

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yellow, with the centre of the latter blackish; the wings yellow, with the nervures reddish. Lastly, we have inserted the type of MM. Lepeletier and Serville's genus Agl : the specific name is c rulea. It is of a very shining violet blue, covered with black hairs; the antenn black; the sides of the abdomen and wings brown, with a very slight reflection of gold; the labrum and scutellum very smooth; the trunk is testaceous. This genus is from Cayenne. [page break

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Tanagra Olivascens Licht. Tanagra Sayaca Fem. Lath. Shining olive; crown greenish; wings and tail brown; base of the quills and coverts greenish-gray. Brazil. Red-bellied Warbler Lath. 146. Motacilla Velia Gm. Tanagra Varia Desm. t. 2. Pl. t. Enl. 669.3. Edw. t. 22. Fine black mixed with brown; belly and breast rufous; greater wing-coverts quills and tail black blue-edged; forehead bluish-green; rump gilded-green. S. America. Spotted Green Tanager Lath. 19. Tanagra Punctata Lin. Pl. Enl. t

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Vieil. D. Head back of neck and back greenish; quills and side tail-feathers brown blue-edged; chin throat and beneath yellow; bill brown; feet yellow. South America. P. Icteromelas Vieil. D. Above black; beneath and middle of the throat yellow; bill blackish; beneath horn-colour; feet reddish. S. America. Green-headed Tanager. P. Chlorocephalus Vieil. D. Head greenish; body above very pale-blue; beneath yellow; bill brown; feet reddish. South America. THE RAMPHOCELINE TANAGERS. The bill

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bluish-black; rump and body beneath red. South Africa. T. Explorator Vieil. L'Espionneur Vail. O. A. t. 103. Bluish-ash; wing-coverts and quills blackish-brown white-edged; chest foxy; rump red. Cape of Good Hope. The species allied to the Solitary Thrush from the beauty of their plumage are T. Manillensis Gml. PI. Enl. t. 564. f. 2. and 626. T. Violaceus Sonnerat Voy. t. 108? Blue-ash; rump blue; wing and tail blackish red edged; throat and chest yellow spotted; belly orange-blue and white waved

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Others are remarkable for the brilliancy of their plumage which is usually of a dark brown colour. They are peculiar to the old continent and especially Africa. The genus LAMPROTORNIS of Temminck c. T. Auratus Pl. Enl. t. 540. Nabirop Vail. O. A. t. 84. Violet; back and wings golden-green; cross-band on inner edge of wings; tail and upper coverts blue. Cape of Good Hope. T. Nitens Pl. Enl. t. 561. Couigniop Vail. O. A. t. 90. Blue; reflecting green violet and purple; bill and feet black

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black green tipt. The Breve des Phillippines Pl. Enl. t. 89. is the same as Edwards with the head of a Thrush. See Vail. Ois. Par. 1. 106. Corvus Brachyurus Lath. Pl. Enl. t. 257. Pitta Hippocrepis Waggler. Myiothera Velata Tem. Green; beneath yellowish; head blackish brown; nape yellowish; cervical lunule and band under the eye black. Blue-Tailed Thrush Lath. T. Cyanurus Gml. Pl. Enl. t. 355. Myiothera Affinis Hors. Gall. Ois. t. 153. Red; brown beneath; yellow belly blue-banded; back of head and

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Garn. Zool. de la Coquille. F. 22. Head, tail, and back, blue black; whiskers, above and below the eye, white; neck, chest, back, and abdomen, brownish slate; wing and tail coverts white. New Guinea. Cyp. comatus. Tem. PI. col. 268. Green bronze; wings and tail blue, cheeks ochraceous red, with two white whiskers above and below the eye; crest of long feathers. Sumatra. Cyp. longipennis. Tem. Pl. col. 83. f. 1. Hir. Klecho. Horsf. Green black; beneath, ash coloured. Java. The above species are

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The Magpie. (C. Pica. L.) Enl. 488. Naum. 56. 2. Is a fine bird, of a silky black, reflecting purple, blue, and gold; belly, white, and a large spot of the same colour over the eye. Its perpetual chattering has rendered it famous. It prefers inhabited places, and feeds on all sorts of matter, and will even attack the small domesticated birds. Senegal Crow. Corvus Senegalensis. Enl. 538. Violet black above; dusky beneath; size of a magpie. Tail longest in the males. Senegal. Corvus Ventralis

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Tr. Holosericeus. Sh. Vieil. 6, and 65. Golden-green, above; tail-coverts and rump, brilliant blue; wings, blue. Mexico, Guiana. Tr. Punctatus. Sh. Vieil. 8. Plumage in general green-gold; throat, neck, and wing-coverts marked with small white spots. Mexico. Tr. Pectoralis. Sh. Vieil. 9, and 70. Above, obscure green, a little gilt; tail, violet; throat, and sides of neck, brilliant deep green. St Domingo. Tr. Aurulentus. Sh. Vieil 12. Top of head and neck, back and rump, obscure gold- green

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. Lamarck. Vaill. 10. Green-gold above, inclining to blue; tail-coverts green below; throat blue. Many species, nevertheless, have the tail nearly squared. Philippine Bee-eater. (Me. Philipinus.) Enl. 57. Dull-green, above; rump and tail, blue-green; stripe of black on side of head; beneath, pale-green. Nine inches. Philippine Islands. Cayenne Bee-eater. (Me. Cayanensis. 454.) Light brownish-green; quills and tail, rufous. N.B. This bird does not belong to Cayenne. Red-winged Bee-eater. (Me

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. Nicobarina. L. Enl. 491. This is also allied to the poultry by the long and loose feathers which adorn the neck, as in the common cock. It is of a very brilliant golden-green colour, with a white tail. It is found in various parts of India.* The following species are also arranged in this subgenus, which is scarcely determined enough. Blue-headed Turtle. Lath. Col. Cyanocephala. Lath. Enl. 174. Vaill. 281. Tem. Pig. 3. Vinaceous-brown; head and throat, blue; subocular spot, white. Partridge Pigeon

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, blue; vent, white. When young, dusky and purplish varied; beneath, black and white. North America. The Crex Martinica, Licht. Yahana Bleue de Ciel. Azar. n. 383, Porphyrio Minor, Brisson. Porphyrio Tavoua, Vieill. Gallinula Porphyrio, Wilson, A. O. t. 73. f. 2. Favourite Gallinule, Fulica Flaviostris, Gm. Upper parts, deep-blue; sides of head and neck, paler; belly, thighs, and rump, white; quills and tail, brown; bill, yellow. Cayenne. The Gallinula Flavirostris of Lath, and Temm. Green-mantled

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) Azureus. Agama Azureus, Daud. iv. t. 46. Bright blue, spotless; tail long. Inhab. Surinam. Short-tailed Doryphorus. Oph. Uran. Brevicaudatus. Agama Brevi, Daud. iv. t. 47. Lac. Azurea, A. Gmel. Blue, black-banded; tail short, depressed. Mus. Col. Surg. III. Head with numerous small regular shields; back and tail with large keeled spines, converging towards the back, and forming a crest; femoral pores none. Leiocephalus, Gray. Keeled Leiocephalus. Leiocephalus Carinatus, Gray. Ann. Phil. Green

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Long-legged Calotes. Agama vultuosa, Harlan. Jour. Acad. Phil. iv. t.19. Agama Calotes, Kuhl. Seba, 1, t. 89, f. 2. Calotes Gutturosa, Cuv. Guerin, Icon. t. 7, f. 3. Blue; crest short, scales, all keeled. India. Le Geleote, Lacep. 1, t. 12, is perhaps this species. Agama Gutturosa, according to Merrem and Lichterstein, is an American species, and is not this. Seba, 1, t. 89, f. 1, is an Iguana. Col. Gutturosa, Mus. Beri. with a blue neck, is white banded. Kuhl's Calotes. Calotes Tympanistra

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) Azureus. Agama Azureus, Daud. iv. t. 46. Bright blue, spotless; tail long. Inhab. Surinam. Short-tailed Doryphorus. Oph. Uran. Brevicaudatus. Agama Brevi, Daud. iv. t. 47 Lac. Azurea, A. Gmel. Blue, black-banded; tail.short, depressed. Mus. Col. Surg. III.Head with numerous small regular shields; bach and, tail ivith large keeled spines, converging towards the back, and forming a crest; femoral pores none. Leiocephalus, Gray. Keeled Leiocephalus. Leiocephalus Carinatus, Gray. Ann. Phil. Green

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Long-legged Calotes. Agama Vultuosa, Harlan. Jour. Acad. Phil. iv. 1.19. Agama Calotes, Kuhl. Seba, 1, t. 89, f. 2. Calotes Gutturosa, Cuv. Cuerin, Icon. t. 7, f. 3. Blue; crest short, scales, all keeled. India. Le Geleote, Lacep. 1, t. 12, is perhaps this species. Agama Gutturosa, according to Merrem and Lichterstein, is an American species, and is not this. Seba, 1, t. 89, f. 1, is an Iguana. Col. Gutturosa, Mus. Berl. with a blue neck, is white banded. Kuhl's Calotes. Calotes Tympanistra

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their hands in prayer. The division with arrow-shaped tails, PAL ORNIS of Vigors and Horsfield, we shall illustrate by a figure of the Blue-banded Parrakeet, the P. Venustus of Temminck; it is olive-green on the upper parts, and beneath yellow; on the forehead is a deep blue band; the rectices blue, with the tips yellow; the quills are black. Dr. Horsfield has described six species of the TRICHOGLOSSI, [page break

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, nautili, oysters, terebratulae, fossil bones, encrinites, and fossil wood. Below this is the oolitic limestone, which occupies an immense space in the department, and furnishes almost all the chalk-stone of the country. Its strata are horizontal, of various thickness, and separated by potters' clay. They contain oolites, belemnites, nautili, and starred encrinites. A fish has been found there like the dapedium politum, taken from the blue lias of Lyme Regis, by Mr. de Lab che. Its lower beds are very

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, the last very long and securiform; the only species is the Tresia Lacordairei, Dej., which is with the elytra transversely wrinkled, green, tinged with blue, the labrum pale, testaceous; with the breast, abdomen, and femora rufous; this insect is found in the woods of Brazil, on the trees, and flies like the Muscid , from leaf to leaf, with great rapidity. We figure for the first time the splendid Cicindela octonotata of Weidemann, which is of a brilliant indigo blue, with four spots on each

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The Blue and Yellow Frog, (Sh. H. Bicolor, Daud. viii. and Spix xiii.) Celestial blue above, rose-coloured underneath; from South America. One still larger is, The Zebra Frog, (Sh. R. maxina, Linn. Hyl palmata, Daud. xx.) Striped irregularly across with red and fawn-colour; is of North America.* We may also remark in consequence of the singular property which is attributed to it. The Tinging Frog, (Rana Tinctoria, L.) Whose blood, inserted into the skin of parrots, in the places where some

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black and blue, vi. 303 black-faced, vi. 299 black-headed, vi. 315 black-necked, vi. 299 black-throated, vi. 310.317. 463 blue-headed, vi. 307. 491; viii. 687 blue-shouldered, vi. 303 blue-winged, vi. 300 Brasilian, vi. 316 Cayenne, vi. 298 crested, vi. 311 golden, vi. 297. 299 golden-created, vi. 314; viii. 681 golden-forehead, vi. 314 grand, vi. 299 grey-headed, vi. 285 [page] 11

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yellow hair and brown eyes, and the Laplanders with both black. Blue eyes with yellow hair have always marked the Germanic tribes. Blue eyes with black or dark hair form a combination not uncommon among the tribes of Koordistan, and others of the Caucasian race, who inhabit elevated situations in Asia. The iris is dark in all the coloured varieties, but in the Negro it is so black as to be distinguished with difficulty from the pupil. On the varieties of the human Face and Form. No two persons

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d. Horns annulated with a simple bend, the point backward. The Blue Antelope (Ant. Leucoph a, Gm.). Commonly called the Blue Goat, ill-named Tseiran. Buff. Supp. VI. pl. XX. Rather larger than the Stag, of a bluish ash colour, the horns large in both sexes, uniformly bent, and with more than twenty annuli. The Equine Antelope (Ant. Equina, Geoff.) As large as a horse, reddish gray, head brown a white spot before each eye, a mane on the neck, c. e. Horns annulated with a simple bend, the points

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breast ashy; tail wedge-shaped; length nine inches. Cayenne. Orange-billed Tanager Lath. H. Saltator Aurantia-rostris Vieil. Habia bec orang Azara ni. 83 84 ? Lead-coloured; crown dusky; beneath brown mixed with rufous; superciliary streak white beneath; outer tail-feather white-tipt; bill orange; length eight inches. Paraguay. Blue-winged Tanager Saltator Cyanopterus Vieil. D. Bluish-ash; front of wings blue; quills black green-edged; tail bluish; bill and feet blackish. South America. Saltator

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Pondicheria Sonnerat Voy. Ash-gray beneath; white eyebrows; spot on wing-coverts and half tail-feathers white; length seven inches. Muscicapa Leucura Lath. Ashy-gray beneath white; middle tail-feathers black rest half white. South Africa. Muscicapa Rosea Vieil. Head and back gray; chin white; body beneath rosy; the three first quills internally red-spotted the rest partly red. India. Muscicapa Cyanocephala Gm. Sonnerat t. 26. f. 1. Cop. E. M. t. 191. f. 4. Red beneath yellowish; head blue; tail-feather

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Edolius Azureus Temm. Pl. Col. t.225. . Fine blue; bill quill tail and legs black; tail nearly even. Edolius Remifer Temm. Pl. Col. t. 178. Above shining-black blown beneath dull black; tail square; two outer tail-feathers very long middle beardless filiform and dilated; length nine inches; female outer tail-feathers like the rest. Java. Dicrurus Mystaceus Vieil. D. Moustaches Vail. O. A.t.169 ? Muscicapa Divaricata Licht. Black; tail slightly nicked as long as the body; tips of the tail

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black white edged; tail and middle feathers black white tipt; rest white black-based. Bahia. Myrmothera Fuscicapilla Vieil. Deep blue; crown brown; cheeks reddish; throat black; belly white. Chiming Thrush Lath. T. Campanella Lath. T. Tintinnabulatus Gml. Pl. Enl. t. 700. f. 2. Brown; rump and belly orange; crown and temples white black spotted; eyebrows black; chin white; chest flesh coloured black spotted. South America. Myrmothera Axillaris Vieil. Ashy-blue; chest quills and side tail

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. FICEDULA Bechst.) have the beak only a little more narrow at the base than the preceding. They are solitary birds which nestle generally in holes and live on insects worms and berries. We have here four species: The Redbreast (Mot. Rubecula Lin.) Enl. 361. 1. Gray-brown above; throat and chest red; belly white; nestles near the ground in woods; is inquisitive and familiar; some remain in winter take refuge in habitations and are easily tamed. The Blue-throated Warbler (Mot. Suecica Lin.) Enl. 361 2

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. North America. Blue-green Warbler. S. Rara Wils. A. O. iii. t. 27. f.2. Green; lores line over eyes and all beneath pale cream colour; wings with two white bands; tail notched brownish-black; three outer tail-feathers white externally. North America. Prairie Warbler. S. Discolor Vieil. O. A. Sept. t. 98. S. Minuta Wils. A. O. iii. t. 25. f. 4. Olive; beneath yellow spotted with black; wings with two yellow bands; tail brownish-black; three outer feathers broadly white-spotted; a black crescent

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White-wing Tailor Bird Malurus Leucopterus Quoy. and Gaim. Frey. Voy. t. 23. f. 1. Deep blue; crested; scapulars and wing-coverts brown; wing shining blue. New Holland. Orange-rump Warbler Lath. Muscicapa Melanocephala Lath. Supp. Head front of neck and chest brownish black; back scarlet; quill and tail brown; belly whitish. New Holland. Brown's Tailor Bird Malurus Brownii Vigors and Hors. Head slight crest front of neck wing-coverts and tail-feathers black; back scarlet; quills fuscous brown

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of olive, and whitish instead of yellow. It inhabits, by preference, large woods of fir-trees. The Black-cap Titmouse. Parus Palustris. L. Enl. 3. 3. Ash-colour above, whitish beneath: a black coif. The Blue Titmouse. Parus Ceruleus. Enl. t 3. f. 2. Rather olive above; yellowish beneath; the top of the head a fine blue; the cheek white, edged on all sides with black; the forehead white. A pretty little bird, common enough in coppices. The Crested Titmouse. Parus Cristatus. Enl. t. 502. f. 2

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soft. It is easily tamed, and learns both to sing and speak. A variety is known one third larger than the common race. Lineated Grosbeak. (L. lineola.) Enl. 319. 1. Glossy blue-black, above; beneath, white; quills black; base of primaries, white; base of beak, a white spot; white streak from forehead to crown. Size of Titmouse. Asia. Minute Grosbeak. (L. minuta. L.) Enl. 2. Gray-brown above; beneath, and rump, chestnut; quills, white at base. Size of a wren. Surinam. Nun Grosbeak. (L. cottaria

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Green-gold Creeper. (Cert. Omnicolor.) Seba. 1. 69, 5. Green, with a shade of all colours Eight inches. Seba. Ceylon. Copper Creeper. (Cert, cuprea.) Vieil 23. Reddish copper colour; under parts, black. Five inches. Malimba. (Cert. Purpurata.) Edw. 265. Vieil. 11. Deep violet-purple, glossed with green; tuft of yellow plumes on each side of the body. India. Blue-headed Creeper. (Cert. Cyanocephala. Vieil. 7 Head, neck, and throat, violet blue; the remainder of the bird olive, above; ash colour

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. Green above; quills, blue; reddish-green beneath; black dot on chest; spot of velvet black on the head, with green before it, and blue behind. Size of a magpie. South America. [page] 40

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; outer tail-feather, white tipped. Madagascar. De Laland's Cuckow. C. Lalandii. Col. 440. Purple-black; throat and beneath, white; vent and thighs, reddish; tail, white tipped. Africa. Madagascar Created Cuckow. C. Cristatus. Enl. 589. Vaill. 217. Crested, greenish-ash; belly, red-white; outer tail-feather, white. Madagascar. Blue Cuckow. C. C ruleus. 295, f. 2, Vaill. 218. Blue; tail, rounded. Madagascar. * To this genus have also been referred; C. Panayus, Gm.; C. Indicus, Lath from General

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; crown, blue. Philippine Islands. Philippine Parrot P. Philippensis Enl. 520. Is treated as a variety of the last by Latham and Shaw, without the blue on the crown. Vernal Parrot P. Vernalis. Mus. Carl. 29. Brilliant green above; yellowish green underneath. Java. Timor. Indian Green Parrot P. Indicus. Edw. 6. Head and neck, vivid green; wings and back, obscure green. East Indies. Collared Parrot P. Torquatus. Son. Nou. Guin. 393. Green above; yellow, undulated with black bar at the back of the

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, broad at the end. This superb bird, originally of the north of India, was brought into Europe by Alexander. The wild bird even surpasses the domesticated in brilliancy. The back and wings of the former are blue instead of golden green, and the tail is fuller. The Japan Peacock, ill-named by Linn us Pavo Muticus, for it is not without spurs. Vieill. Gal. 202, Shaw Nat. Mis. 641. This is a distinct species, with a crest of long and narrow feathers; the neck is not blue, but golden green undulated