. On the natural history and classification of birds . ing-bird, figured by Ed-wards, as a native of Jamaica; but we have never yetseen it, nor is a specimen known to exist at this time inany museum. (98.) 11. Boat-shaped, or concave tails, are still more extraordinary, and ap-pear restricted to twonatural groups amongthe SturnidcB, or star-lings, namely, thegrackles of America (Quiscalus), and the Lamprotor-nince, or shining thrushes, of Africa. In the formerwe know at present but of one species; but the wholeof the latter appear to have tails, the sides of which,when expanded, are bent up li
. On the natural history and classification of birds . ing-bird, figured by Ed-wards, as a native of Jamaica; but we have never yetseen it, nor is a specimen known to exist at this time inany museum. (98.) 11. Boat-shaped, or concave tails, are still more extraordinary, and ap-pear restricted to twonatural groups amongthe SturnidcB, or star-lings, namely, thegrackles of America (Quiscalus), and the Lamprotor-nince, or shining thrushes, of Africa. In the formerwe know at present but of one species; but the wholeof the latter appear to have tails, the sides of which,when expanded, are bent up like the sides of aboat, so as to leave the central part hollow and veryconcave: this appearance, however, is generally lost inthe preserved specimens, so that these birds then appearto have only an ordinary rounded tail. Of the pro-bable use of this singular structure we can form nocorrect idea. (99*) 12. Compressed, or erect tails, are nearly andobviously related to those which are boat-shaped, inas-much as both assume forms altogether different from.
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