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Definition of Genus Procnias
1. Noun. Bellbirds.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cotingidae, Family Cotingidae
Member holonyms: Bellbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Procnias
Literary usage of Genus Procnias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"Description of a second species of the genus Procnias. By PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER,
MA I therefore propose the name ..."
2. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"That such was the case, will be evident from the characters which he has assigned
to the genus Procnias, among which we find " Rostrum brevius ; nares ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1895)
"... North American Finches and Tanagers Mr. Ridgway has found it necessary to
establish a new family tor the reception of the members of the genus Procnias. ..."
4. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1827)
"species exhibit a resemblance to the birds of the genus Procnias, 111., while by
the puffed-out appearance of the feathers about the head, we trace also an ..."
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