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Plate XXXVII. 



PURPLE GRACKLE. 



Lengtli, male, I'2r)0 inches; female, ITOO inches. Male, head, neck, tliroat, 

 and breast bright niPtallic bine, purple, or green ; back with iridescent bars ; 

 belly paler ; eye pale yellow. Female, much duller than male. 



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