150 GRAKLE. 



4.— WHITE-HEADED GRAKLE. 



LENGTH ten inches and a half. Bill one inch and a quarter, 

 black ; head dull white ; from the nostrils to the eye, all round it, 

 and for some space behind, bare, and pale yellow ; round the neck a 

 collar of black, broader on the fore part ; back and shoulders, wings 

 and tail brownish black ; the quills deeper ; some of the second 

 tipped with white ; the outer edge of the wing, from the bend, half 

 way white; from the breast to the vent, white; bend of the legs 

 dusky ; shins pale brown, or horn-colour. 



Inhabits Cochin China. — General Davies. 



5.— PAGODA GRAKLE 



Turdus Pagodarum, Lid. Orn.'i. 332. Gm. Lin. i. 816. 



Gracula Pagodarum, Shaw's Zool. vii. 471. 



Sturnus subroseus, Nut. Mis. No. 805. 



Martin, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lv. 



Le Martin Brame, Son. Voy. Lid. ii. 189. Daud. ii. 287. Levail. Ois. pi. 95. 1. 



Pagoda Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 30. Id. Sup. 140. Penn. Hindoost. ii. 267. 



LENGTH seven or eight inches. Bill black, the end half yellow; 

 irides blue; feathers of the head black, long, narrow, and form a crest ; 

 those of the throat, neck, breast, and belly the same in shape, colour 

 dull rufous ; on the neck they are streaked down the middle with 

 white, and appear distinct, like the hackles of a Cock. Back, rump, 

 and wings blue-grey ; quills and tail black ; under wing and tail 

 coverts white ; legs yellow. In some specimens the feathers of the 

 neck are not streaked with white ; round the eye somewhat bare ; the 

 outer tail feathers tipped with white. — Levaillant's bird, the size 

 of a Starling, did not differ much in colour, but the plumage rufous 



