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Sp- 2. Qu. barita. 



Gracula barita. Shaiv, v. vii. p, 460. — Boat-tailed Grackle. 

 Lath. Gen. Hist. v. Hi. p. 179- pi. xliv. — North Amei'ica. 

 Sp. 3. Qu? Mexicanus. 



Corvus Mexicanus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 366. — Pvlexico. 



GENUS CLXIV.— CASSICUS, Daudin. 



Rostrum elongatum, eras- 

 sum, rectum, acutum : 

 mandihula superior basi 

 lata, inter frontisplu mas re- 

 trorsum extendente ; man- 

 dibularum marginibus in- 

 trorsum inclinantibus. 



Nares ovales, nudae. 



Alee mediocres, subrotun- 

 datae : remises tertiae et 

 quartse aequales, longissi- 

 mi ; primae et sexta;, 

 secundae et quintse fere 

 aequales. 



Cauda mediocris, praecipu^ 

 subaequalis. 



Pedes mediocres, fortes. 



Cacicus. 



Beak elongated, thick, 

 straight, acute : the zipper 

 mandible broad at the 

 base, which extends among 

 the feathers of the fore- 

 head ; the edges of the 

 mandibles inwardly in- 

 clining. 



Nostrils oval, naked. 



Wings moderate, slightly 

 rounded: the third and 

 fourth quills equal, long- 

 est; the first and sixth, 

 second and fifth nearly 

 equal. 



Tail moderate, mostly some- 

 what equal. 

 I Leg's moderate, strong. 



The Cassici are the largest birds of this stirps. 



A. Cauda Jere cequalis. 



A. With the tail nearly even. 



Sp. 1. Ca. niger. Vigors. 



Oriolus niger. Shaw, v. vii. p. 442. 



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