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edges, the black diminishing in amount, until it disappears completely 

 on the feathers near the body ; tail feathers all the same colour as the 

 back with black tips about three quarters of an inch long ; chin and 

 throat isabelline J breast grey, like the back ; abdomen and lower tail 

 coverts pinkish isabelline; under wing-coverts light grey; legs flesh 

 coloured; bill horn coloured, dusky towards the tip. 



Length. — Before skinning 10'25 inches, wing 4'2, tail (from inser- 

 tion of central feathers) 4* 75, tarsus 1, midtoe and claw 0"95, wing 

 short of end of tail 3-6, culmen (point of bill from rise of skull) 0"85, 

 bill from front 0"58, from gape O'd. 



The female is described by Heuglin as slightly smaller, isabelline 

 grey in colour, with an olivaceous tinge, darker above than below, want- 

 ing altogether the black marking on the head, and'having much less 

 distinct black tips to the tail feathers. The ends of the primary quill 

 feathers, the two first excepted, blackish with white margins. — Blf. 

 Sir. F. iii. p. 358. 



Hah. — Abyssinia, Bushire (Persian Gulf) and Nal in Khelat. Eare 

 in Sind. A single specimen was obtained by Mr. Blanford on the 

 lower hills, on the eastern flank of the great Kirthur Range, which 

 forms the boundary between Sind and Khelat. 



Gen. Graucalus- — Guv. 

 Bill strong, deep, wide at base ; culmen curved and hooked ; a few 

 rictal bristles ; wings long and pointed; tarsus moderate; claws well 

 curved. 



Graucalus macii, Lesson, Traite, p. 349 ; Bhjth, Cat. Mus. A. S. 

 B. p. 190; Bf. Consp. i. p. 354; Jerd. B. Ind. p. 417, No. 270; Ball, 

 Str. F. 1873, p. 65; Eume, op. cit. 1874, p. 204; Murray, Edhh, 

 Zool., ^c, Sind, p. 136; Eume, Str. F. 1877, p. 29. Ceblypyris 

 papuensis, Jerd. Madr. Journ. x. p. 242. Graucalus Layardi, Blyth, 

 Ibis. 1866, p. 368; Jerd. Ibis. 1872, p. 117.— The Large Cuckoo- 

 Sheike. 



Head, neck, back, rump, upper tail-eoverts and scapulars french- 

 grey ; primaries and their coverts black, externally edged with 

 whitish ; secondaries french-grey on the outer webs, and margined and 

 tipped whitish ; the inner webs dusky ; tail with the two centre feathers 

 grey, tipped with white ; the rest black, broadly tipped with white. 

 A narrow frontal line, lores, below the eye, and at the gape black. 

 Sides of face, and ear-coverts darkish grey beneath ; the neck and breast 

 french-grey; upper abdomen lighter, with numerous dull white 

 transverse lines; lower abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white with a few cross limes of grey 

 at the edge ef the wings; bill blackish; irides rich lake; legs 

 plumbeous. 



Length.— U-8 to 12 inches, wings 6'5 to 7, tail 5 to 6, tarsus 1 to 

 1-05, bill at front 1. ' 



JIa&.— India generally and Ceylon, extending to Nepaul and the 

 Burmese countries. Abundant in Southern India, and occurs in Upper 



