. Illustrations of ornithology . <^) cteY///<-/;/.j. 6fi ,/ / PSOPHODES CREPITANS, Vigors % Horsficld. Coach-whip Bird. PLATE LX. P. olivaceo-brunneus, subvirescens, capite cristato, jugulo pectoreque nigris; taenia latautrinque sub oculos alba, abdomine albo variegata. Coach-whip Honey-eater. Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. vi. p. 187- Muscicapa crepitans, Lath. Ind. Orn. supp. li. Psophodes crepitans, Vig. Sf Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xv. part. i. p. 329- This bird is placed provisionally by Mr Vigors and Dr Horsfield atthe extremity of the Meliphagida. It combines the forms of the Hone
. Illustrations of ornithology . <^) cteY///<-/;/.j. 6fi ,/ / PSOPHODES CREPITANS, Vigors % Horsficld. Coach-whip Bird. PLATE LX. P. olivaceo-brunneus, subvirescens, capite cristato, jugulo pectoreque nigris; taenia latautrinque sub oculos alba, abdomine albo variegata. Coach-whip Honey-eater. Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. vi. p. 187- Muscicapa crepitans, Lath. Ind. Orn. supp. li. Psophodes crepitans, Vig. Sf Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xv. part. i. p. 329- This bird is placed provisionally by Mr Vigors and Dr Horsfield atthe extremity of the Meliphagida. It combines the forms of the Honey-eaters, the Shrikes, the Linnean Fly-catchers, and the long-tailed AmericanThamnophili, and cannot finally be arranged in any group until somethingmore decided is known regarding its structure and manners. The tongue,which is the only member in a dried state that could lead us to any opi-nion, was wanting in a number of specimens we have had an opportunityof inspecting; and it does not yet appear to have been seen by any formerdescribers. The accounts we ha
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