GRAKLE. 147 



wing coverts, quills, and tail black brown, the last three inches and 

 a half in length ; legs brown. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands, and said to build the nest in 

 hollow trees, especially the cocoa nut ; lives on fruits, is very 

 voracious, soon digesting what it eats, insomuch that a vulgar error 

 has arisen, of there being no circumvolution of intestines, but only 

 one strait passage from the mouth to the vent; it is reported to be a 

 noisy, chattering bird, and when irritated, the bare part about the 

 head changes to a deep red. 



It varies in having the under parts brown, spotted with white ; 

 and in some the under parts are yellow brown. 



Sonnerat mentions one, which was two inches longer : the feathers 

 surrounding the naked part of the head, and down the middle of it, 

 black; under parts of the body the same; wings, tail, and upper 

 parts grey, lightest on the rump and neck. 



One, similar to the above, twelve inches long, the tail four inches 

 and a half, inhabits India, and called Gogoye ; but this seems not 

 peculiar, as others of a different Genus, such as the Crying and 

 Chinese Thrushes, are called by the same name. 



3— PARADISE GRAKLE. 



Gracula tristis, Ind.Orn.i. 190. Lin. Syst.i. 167: Gm. Lin.'i. 401. (Paradisea). 



Shaw's Zool. vii. 455. 

 Gracula grillivora, Daud. ii. 285. 



Merula Philippensis, Bris. ii. 278. t. 26. f. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 235. 

 Martin, Buf. iii. 423. Ess. Philosoph. p. 44. 

 Merle des Philippines, PL enl. 219. 

 Paradise Grakle, Gen. Syn. ii. 458. Id. Sup. ii. 127. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill yellow; irides dove- 

 colour; the upper part of the head covered with narrow black 

 feathers, similar to those of the Bird of Paradise ; behind the eyes a 



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