Definition of Procnias

1. Noun. Bellbirds.

Exact synonyms: Genus Procnias
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cotingidae, Family Cotingidae
Member holonyms: Bellbird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Procnias

Proboscidea arenaria
Proboscidea fragrans
Proboscidea louisianica
Probyn
Procardia
Procavia
Procavia capensis
Procaviidae
Procellaria
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Procellariidae
Procellariiformes
Process Art
Prociphilus
Prociphilus tessellatus
Procnias (current term)
Procrustes
Procrustesian
Proctor
Procyon
Procyon cancrivorus
Procyon lotor
Procyonidae
Prod
Proddies
Proddy
Prods
Prof.
Progne

Literary usage of Procnias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1886)
"Structure of Procnias. Bright turquoise-blue ; wings and tail black, edged with similar blue ; front ... Specimens of Procnias, except those from SE Brazil, ..."

2. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"The species are very much alike, but pr>. ably a good series of specimens would enable one to distinguish them with certainty. Procnias ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"Now he cites three species of Procnias, as follows ... Moreover, the name Procnias clearly alludes to the swallow-like form of Tersa (which induced Temminck ..."

4. 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 ..."

5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1854)
"BY PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER, MA I have seen several examples of Procnias in collections from New Grenada, and have never doubted their being différent from the ..."

6. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... while Procnias has a wide Swallow-like gape. The metatarsi are short and stout; the toes are large, with sharp curved claws in ..."

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