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of the plumage is also remarkable, and particularly the texture of 

 the feathers, those of the body having a velvet-like appearance, whilst 

 those of the wings have a distinct gloss, such as we see in the plu- 

 mage of the Crows. No doubt, according to the views of many or- 

 nithologists, this bird would be regarded as a new genus or sub- 

 genus ; the sectional name Oajalus is therefore proposed, from 

 ii^waXos, in allusion to the swiftness with which it is to be presumed 

 a bird with such wings would move. 



Subgenus Ocyalus. 



Characteres ut in Cassico, ala uutem longissinuE, et cattdcB apicem 



transeuntes. 



Cassicus (Ocyalus) Popayanus. Oc. niger, corpore purpureo 

 relucente ; alis nitore viridi ; capite nuchdque supra castaneo tinc- 

 tis ; Cauda flavd, rectricibus quatuor intermediis in toto nigris, sic 

 et apicibus reliquorum; rostro pallida. 



Long. tot. 1 1 unc. ; rostri, \\ ; lat. ad basin, 6| lin. ; alee, 8^ unc. ; 

 cauda, 4. 



Hub. Popayan. 



