162 GRAKLE. 



17— FETID GRAKLE. 



Gracula foetida, Lid. Orn. i. 190. Lin. i. 164. Gm. Lin. i. 396. Shaw's ZooL vii. 466. 

 Coracina, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. Ixii. 

 FcEtid Grakle, Gen. Syn. iii. 460. 



SIZE of a Magpie. Bill shaped like that of a Cuckovv ; tongue 

 plain, fleshy, pointed ; nostrils oval, naked ; head black, covered 

 with short, velvet-like feathers ; on the neck a large bare space ; the 

 outer edge of the quills bluish, but no spot on any of them ; tail even 

 at the end. 



Inhabits America, and is no further described by Linnaeus. It is 

 probably related to, if not a female of the bare-necked Species. 



18 —TUFTED GRAKLE. 



LENGTH uncertain. Bill stout, strait, the upper mandible 

 sharp at the tip and a trifle bent ; nostrils in the fore part of an oblong 

 cavity ; the top of the head to the nape bare, and pale clay-colour ; 

 round the eye a bare skin somewhat darker in colour, reaching over 

 the ears, and much below them, finishing in a narrow end; just 

 above this a large, heart-shaped, black, bare patch, bounded by a 

 fine thread-like rim ; the chin and rest of the neck, and all the under 

 parts white ; wings and tail reddish brown, the latter darker, pretty 

 long, and cuneiform ; between the shoulders a large tuft of long, 

 silky, black feathers, rising considerably above the rest, and covering 

 the lower part of the neck, and beginning of the back; on lifting this 

 up, a bare space appears beneath ; the lower part of the back and rump 

 pale greenish ash-colour, and under this the parts are somewhat 

 bare, which may be seen on lifting up the wings ; the quills reach 

 but little beyond the base of the tail ; legs stout, and scaly, claws pale 

 yellow-ochre, large, and hooked. 



Native place uncertain : probably Africa. 



