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G R A K L E. 



EGYPTFAN 

 GR. 



Description. 



Ft. 



ACE. 



Gracula atthis, Lin. Syft. i. p. 165. N° 8. 

 Corvus ^Egyptius, Haffelq. ttin. p. 240. N° 20. 



OlZEofaLark: 



bale reddifh : the eye is blueifh 



length four inches. Bill dull black, with the 

 the head is flattifh at top : 

 the plumage on the upper part of the body of a deep green, 

 fpotted with blue green on the crown, hind part of the neck, and 

 fhoulders : fides of the neck and back the fame, but not fpotted : 

 on each fide of the neck is a longitudinal broad line, the fore part 

 of which is ferruginous, the reft of a whitifli lucid blue : the 

 throat is whitifli : the belly ferruginous :. the prime quills deep 

 green on the outfide, and blackifh within j the tips the fame : the 

 tail is nearly even at the end, and of a deep blue : the legs blood, 

 red : claws blackifh. 



This inhabits Egypt, and is fuppofed to live on infects, cen- 

 tipes, and fcorpions ; the remains of which were found in the 

 flomach. 



10. 



LONG-BILLED 



GR. 



De 



SCRIPTIOIf. 



Gracula longiroftra, Pallas Sph. vi. p. 6. t. 2. f. 2, 



'"T^HIS is lefs than the Bee-eater : the length nearly nine inches. 

 The bill is thirteen lines long, and a little bent : irides 

 dufky : the noftrils placed in an hollow almoft in the middle of 

 the bill *, and covered with a black, fmooth membrane : above 

 the angles of the mouth are two black briftles, and a lefTer ferru- 

 ginous one behind them : tongue plain, deeply bifid at the end, 



* Differing in this from other Grecultr, in which they are placed at the bafe. 



(as. 



