. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . aginea femiteds. Lingua fubcartilaginea, apicc ferrato-bifida, ciliata. Pbdes ambulacorii. Lath. ind. orn. Gmel. Syft. Nat. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS, &c. Callsas nigricans, oculis cseruleis, palearibiis rubris. Glaucopis cinerea. Gmel. Syft. Nat. f. ^G^.Callceas cinerea. Lath. ind. orn. ^. 149. IN illarum avium numero eft Callsas, quas nuperis temporibus regionesantardlicEE fuppeditarunt. Qiiod ad ejus notitiam pervenerint phyfici Eu-ropsi, debetur omnino illuftriffiino Cook, quo duce iter facientibus navibus, aNova Zelandia allata eft. Ibi fatis a
. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . aginea femiteds. Lingua fubcartilaginea, apicc ferrato-bifida, ciliata. Pbdes ambulacorii. Lath. ind. orn. Gmel. Syft. Nat. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS, &c. Callsas nigricans, oculis cseruleis, palearibiis rubris. Glaucopis cinerea. Gmel. Syft. Nat. f. ^G^.Callceas cinerea. Lath. ind. orn. ^. 149. IN illarum avium numero eft Callsas, quas nuperis temporibus regionesantardlicEE fuppeditarunt. Qiiod ad ejus notitiam pervenerint phyfici Eu-ropsi, debetur omnino illuftriffiino Cook, quo duce iter facientibus navibus, aNova Zelandia allata eft. Ibi fatis abundare dicitur. Longa ( ^38 ) Longa eft circiter quindecim uncias, magnitudine corvo glandario Linnasifimilis. Color cinereus pene nigricat. Frons penitus nigrat, et utrinque amandibula inferiore dependet caruncula rotundata, magna, rubra j qualis ferecernitur in gallo vulgar! gallinaceo. Caruncula utriufque bafis eft quoque irides liicide casrukse. Cauda longula leviter huic fere iidem ac cervino generi. THE. ( 239 ) THE WATTLE-BIRD. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill incurvated and arched: the lower mandible fhorter than the upper,and furnifhed with a pair of watdes. Nostrils deprefled, half covered with a fomewhat cartilaginous mem-brane. Tongue fiib-cartilaginous, divided at the end, and ciliated. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. Blackifli Wattle-bird, with blue eyes, and red Wattle-bird. Latb. Syn, i. p. 364. TH E Wattle Bird is one of thofe late acquifitions with which the dif-coveries in the fouthern Hemifphere have enriched ornitholog}. It wasa bird entirely unknown to the naturalifts of Europe, till brought during thevoyages of the late Captain Cook from New Zealand, where it is faid to benot uncommon. Its ( 240 ) Its length is about fifteen inches, and its fize that of a jay. Its colouris an uniform deep cinereous or rather nearly black j the front of the headis of a deep black, and from beneath the lower mandible on each fidehangs a rou
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