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however, followed by speedy repentance ; the locusts 

 gained the ascendancy, and the people, who only viewed 

 the present, regretted the loss of the Grakles. In a few 

 years afterwards a few pairs were again introduced, their 

 preservation and breeding were made a state affair, the 

 laws held out protection to them, and the physicians on 

 their part declared theii' flesh to be unwholesome. The 

 Grakles accordingly multiplied, and the locusts were 

 destroyed." 



The type of this sub-family is — 



The Crowned Grakle {Gracula coronata). 



