1818.) GENUS GRACULA. 253 



emerald- green, brilliant, placed obliquely on their pedun- 

 cles. 



The male may be readily distinguished from the 

 other sex, by its smaller size, and by the presence of a 

 small fistulous body, attached near the base of each of the 

 hind feet beneath. 



(To be continued.) 



Observations on two species of the genus Gracula of 

 Latham. By George .Ord. Read May 19, 18 18. 



Those Grakles, denominated by nomenclators Quis- 

 cala, and Barita^ having been confounded, I shall at- 

 tempt, by fresh descriptions, and a brief history of them, 

 to place them in a point of view which shall prevent un- 

 certainty in future. 



GRACULA quiscda. 



Linn. Gmel. i, /z. 397 — 7. — Purple Grakle, Lath. Gen. Syn. 

 i. fi. 462 — 6. — Monedula fiurfiurea^ the pur/ile Jackdaw^ Cates- 

 by's Car. -uo/. i, /2. 12, T. 12. — Purfile Jackdaw of the sea coast, 

 Bahtram, travels, fi. 290. — Jackdaw^ Arct. Zool. i, fi, 308. — 153. 

 — Sturnus barita^ Daudin, Traite' d"" Ornithologie, tome ii, fi. 320. 



Black, with reflections of pansy-purple on the head 

 and neck; interscapular region rich lustrous steel-blue; 

 tail rounded; the roof of the upper mandible furnished 

 with a slight osseous carina; length sixteen and a half, 

 breadth twenty-two and a half inches. 



Bill hom the angle of the mouth an inch and three 

 fjuarters in length, black, as are also the legs, feet and 

 claws; the upper mandible projects considerably over 



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