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bell-bird1802
miner1832
myna1832
blue eye1841
spine-bill1848
stitch-bird1873
soldier-bird1881
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 139 The males are recognizable by a gorgeous display of crimson or scarlet, which has caused one species..to be known as the Soldier-bird to Australian colonists.