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to shades of blue and azure : the bend and edges of 

 the wings are of a brighter colour and more brilliant 

 than the rest of the plumage : when the feathers on 

 the sides of the body are separated, their bases appear 

 white : the tarsi are very long, and the tail is short. 



GENUS LXXXIXv- GRALLINA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum gracile, rectum, 

 subrotundatum, longius- 

 culum, supra convexum ; 

 mandibula superior ad api- 

 cem incurva. 



Alec penna spuria, longa?, ro- 

 tundatee. 



Ungues anteriorcs minima?, 

 graciles, posticus validissi- 

 mus, valde aduncus. 



Cauda mediocris. 



Beak slender, straight, ra- 

 ther rounded, elongated, 

 convex above; the Upper 

 mandible emarginated on 

 each side at the tip, in- 

 curved. 



Wings with a spurious fea- 

 ther, long, rounded. 



C/flrcv, the anterior ones 

 small, slender, the hinder 

 very strong, and much 

 hooked. 



Tail moderate. 



JSp. 1. melanoleuca. Vieill. Analyse, p. 68. (T.) 



Gr. superciliis, collo supra, peclore, abdomine, fascia alarum t uro- 



pygio, rcctrkibusque lateralibus ulbis ; capitc, gula, rcmigibus, 



rectricibus intermediis dimidiatim nigris; rostro albido, culminc 



a medio ad apicem atro: femina, g'dd alba. 

 Grallina with the eyebrows, neck above, breast, abdomen, band 



on the wings, rump, and lateral tail-feathers white; the head, 



throat, quills, and intermediate tail-feathers black; beak whitish ; 



the culmen dark from the middle to the tip: female, witli a white 



throat. 



Inhabits New Holland. 



