. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 90 Key to the Genera. a. Head }virtly bare; plumage red and 1. Pityriasis, p. 90. b. Plead covered with featliers; colours black, white, and grey. a'. Bill very straight and pointed, scarcely hooked; tail little shorter than half the length of the wing 2. h'. Bill rather curved at the culmen and gonys, strongly hooked; tail little shorter than wings .3. Cracticits, p. 93. Gymnorhina*, p. 91. 1. PITYRIASIS. Tvpe. Pityi-iasis, Less. Compl. Buff. ii. p. 397 (1839) T. gvmnocephala. Pitvriopsis,i?e?cAp«6. iS;(/.sV.^(1850) P.
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 90 Key to the Genera. a. Head }virtly bare; plumage red and 1. Pityriasis, p. 90. b. Plead covered with featliers; colours black, white, and grey. a'. Bill very straight and pointed, scarcely hooked; tail little shorter than half the length of the wing 2. h'. Bill rather curved at the culmen and gonys, strongly hooked; tail little shorter than wings .3. Cracticits, p. 93. Gymnorhina*, p. 91. 1. PITYRIASIS. Tvpe. Pityi-iasis, Less. Compl. Buff. ii. p. 397 (1839) T. gvmnocephala. Pitvriopsis,i?e?cAp«6. iS;(/.sV.^(1850) P. Head of Piii/riasis ijijmnriccjihala. Bill very strong, the eulmen completely rounded, and flat at the top, strongly hooked and notched. Nostrils formed by a longi- tudinal slit, quite free. Bill without any feathers, rictal or nasal bristles. Feathers of the crown, ear-coverts, and lower throat trans- formed into very peculiar structures. First primary very long, more than two thirds of the second, which is likewise long; wings very long, covering the whole tail, tip formed by third, fourth, and fifth primaries. Tail much shorter than wing, square. Tarsus anteriorly covered with one long scutum and one transverse scale; claws sharp and strong. Only colours black and red. Range. One species in Borneo. 1. Pityriasis gymnocephala. Barita gymnocephala, Temm. PL Col. ii. pi. 572 (183o); Schl. Handl. Bierk. i. p. 292. Pityriasis gymnocephala, Less. Compl. Buff. ii. p. 397 (1838); id. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 198; Gray, List Gen. B. 1840, p. 36; Bp. C. A. i. p. 366; Chenu, End. Ois. v. p. 79, pi. 16. fig. 3 ; Sclat^r, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 206; Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 371; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 159, tay. frontisp. * Hereto belongs, in my opinion, Strepera of Cat. B. vol. iii. p. 57. 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly re
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