8. GAZZOLA. 



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8. GAZZOLA*. 



Gazzola, Bp. Consp. i. p. 7o (]8o0) 



Gazzola, Up. C. R. xxxvii. p. 82S (1854) 



Type. 



? 

 G. typica. 



Head of Gazzola typica. 

 Range. Confined to Celebes. 



1. Gazzola typica. 



Gazzola typica, Bp. C. B. xxxvii. p. 828; Sclater, Ibis, 1859, p. 11.3; 



Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 74. 

 Corvus advena, Schleg. Bijdr. Dierk. Amsterd. fol. ati. Corvxis, p. 3, 



pi. 2 (nee Brehm) ; id. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 6; Wallace, Malay 



Archip, i. p. 375 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 13. 



Adult. Above purplish brown, the feathers vraved with dusky 

 brown under certain lights ; the wings glossy purple, inclining to 

 violet on the primary-coverts, primaries, and inner webs of the 

 secondaries ; tail purplish black ; nasal bristles blackish ; head all 

 round glossy purplish brown, including the ear-coverts and adjoin- 

 ing parts, extending on to the fore neck, where the tinge is browner ; 

 nape and neck all round, as well as the mantle above and the entire 

 under surface of the body, white; thighs and under wing- and tail- 

 coverts blackish brown ; bill and legs black. Total length 13-7 

 inches, culmen I'To, wing B'o, tail 5-2, tarsus Vbo. 



Hah. Celebes. 



a. h. S9. ad. st. 

 c, d. $ ad. sk. 



Makassar. 

 Makassar. 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



* The confusion connected with the synonymy of this genus is disentangled 

 by Lord Walden (Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 74), whose conclusions are here adopted. 



