GRAKLE. 157 



13— INDIAN GRAKLE. 



LENGTH twelve inches. Bill stout, bent, yellow ; nostrils oval, 

 placed in the middle ; from gape to point one inch and a half, at the 

 base a few bristles ; irides brown ; beneath the eyes a narrow bare 

 yellowish rim ; general colour of the plumage black ; the ends of all 

 the feathers inclining to purple, giving an appearance of being 

 spotted with dull purple ; wings and tail dull blue, the shoulders 

 brightest ; tail even, five inches long ; that and the quills dark blue- 

 black ; the wings, when closed, reach one-third on the tail ; legs 

 black, toes long, claws crooked, the shins near two inches in length- 



Inhabits India ; among the drawings of General Hardwicke, but 

 with no name annexed, or history; from various circumstances it 

 may possibly be allied to the Surinagur Grakle; and if so, it probably 

 differs in sex, as it has no elongation of feathers, either at the nape, 

 or on the forehead. 



14— COCKSCOMB GRAKLE. 



Sturnus gallinaceus, Ind. Orn. i. p. 324. 

 Gracula gallinacea, Daud. Oru. ii. p. 291. 

 Gracula carunculata, Gm. Lin. i. 399. 

 Gracula larvata, Shaw's Zool. vii. 468. 

 Tringa carunculata capensis, Naturf. xi. p. 9. t. 2. 

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

 Porte-lambeaux, Levail. Af. ii. p. 178. pi. 93, 94. 

 Cockscomb Starling, Gen. Syn. iii. p. 9. No. 7. 



THIS species is a trifle larger than the Starling; length six 

 inches and a half. The bill not unlike, and yellow; eyes brown ; 

 general colour of the plumage rufous-grey, or ash-colour, paler 



