GRAUCALUS PECTORALIS, (nobis). 

 Grey-breasted Graucalus. 



PLATE LVII. 



This species was sent to us some time since from Sierra Leone, and al- 

 though we have seen several specimens in different collections, we have not 

 yet found it described. We have, however, been unable to consult the 

 works of Le Vaillant. 



The length of our specimen is about ten inches. The whole upper 

 parts are a fine light blackish-grey ; the throat and breast are deep black- 

 ish-grey ; the belly, vent, and under tail-coverts pure white ; the quills 

 and tail black, with a very narrow edging of greyish-white. The female 

 is nearly alike, the white parts are more tinged with grey, and the dark 

 colour of the throat and breast is much paler, and more indistinctly mark- 

 ed. 



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