150 LONG-TAILED GRAKLE. 



glossed with lilac and purple, and reflecting numer- 

 ous close transverse dark bars, which, are onlv seen 

 when the tail is held to the light. The size of the 

 body is not much bigger than that of L. ptilonoryn- 

 chus, but the length of the tail makes the bird seem 

 much larger. 



Total length, about 20 inches; bill, from the 

 gape, 1; wings, 8; tail beyond, 9; from the base, 

 4; tarsus, 1^ ; hind toe and claw, 1. 



From the peculiar flatness of the feathers of the 

 tail, we suspect that in the lire bird it assumes a 

 boat-shaped appearance. We do not, however, for 

 the present, venture to give this type a distinct sub- 

 generic name 



