. A dictionary of birds . ue Storks, andSteatornis—the bronchi are strengthened by cartilaginous semirings ;the ends of these rings point towards the median line, and areclosed by the inner tympaniform membrane. The right and leftmembranes are connected with each other by an elastic band, calledhronchidesmus. All the rings which partake of the formation ofthe pessulus of the trachea belong to the latter, the pessulus thusmarking the beginning of the bronchi (see also Trachea and Syrinx). BRGNZE-WING, the name given in Australia to severalspecies of Pigeon belonging to the genera or so-called g
. A dictionary of birds . ue Storks, andSteatornis—the bronchi are strengthened by cartilaginous semirings ;the ends of these rings point towards the median line, and areclosed by the inner tympaniform membrane. The right and leftmembranes are connected with each other by an elastic band, calledhronchidesmus. All the rings which partake of the formation ofthe pessulus of the trachea belong to the latter, the pessulus thusmarking the beginning of the bronchi (see also Trachea and Syrinx). BRGNZE-WING, the name given in Australia to severalspecies of Pigeon belonging to the genera or so-called generaPhaps, Geophaps, Lophophaps, and Ocyphaps, from the lustrous copperyor bronze-like spots they display on their wings. BRUBRU, the name (apparently originating with Levaillant)of a conspicuously-coloured Shrike, the Nilaus hrnlru or N. capensisof modern ornithology. ^ The style of plumage in this genus recalls that of Ampelis (Waxwing),but no affinity thereto can be thought to exist. BR USH- TURKE Y—B ULB UL _f 59. Talegallus. (After Swainson.) BEUSH-TURKEY, the Australian name for one of the largestof the Megapodes, Talegallus lathami,which has frequently made its mound,laid its eggs, and reared its young inthe Zoological Gardens, after the mannerdescribed many years ago by Mr. Bart-lett (Froc. Zool. Soc. 1860, pp. 426, 427).In earlier days the position of this birdwas a great puzzle to some ornitholo-gists, who thought from the form ofits bill that it was a Bii*d-of-Prey, and called it the New-HollandVulture. BUDJERIGAR (spelling doubtful) a corruption of Betcherrygah,given by Gould as the native name of the pretty little AustralianParrakeet, Melopsittaxits undulalus, that is now so favourite acage-bird. Its name has of late been still further corrupted intoBeauregard! BUFFLE-HEAD { Buffalo-head) a North-American speciesof Duck, Clangula albeola, allied to the Golden-eye. BULBUL, from the Arabic through the Persian, in the poetryof which language it plays a great
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