168 GRAKLE. 



23.— ABYSSINIAN GRAKLE. 



Gracula Abyssinica, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxviii. Shaw's Zool. vii. 475. 

 Abyssinian Grakle, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 128. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill black; irides straw-colour; plumage 

 mostly green, ending in a point on the breast; head deep ash- 

 colour ; under parts of the body ferruginous orange ; legs black. 



Inhabits Abyssinia with the Egyptian species, to which it seems 

 nearly allied. From the drawings of Mr. Bruce. 



24— GREEN GRAKLE. 



Gracula viridis, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxviii. Skate's Zool. vii. 473. 

 Loriot, Tern. Man. Anal. p. liv. 

 Green Grakle, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 129. 



SCARCELY twelve inches in length. Bill a trifle bent, reddish 

 brown, tongue half the length of it, and pointed ; general colour of 

 the plumage dull green ; chin mottled, dusky and brown ; under 

 parts from the breast whitish, streaked with dusky ; vent white ; 

 wings and tail dusky ; the latter two inches and a half long, a trifle 

 rounded at the end, all but the two middle feathers marked with an 

 oval white spot within at the tip ; quills edged with white, and reach 

 to the middle of the tail ; legs black. 



Inhabits New-Holland, and there said to be a rare bird. — In the 

 collection of Mr. H. Brogden. 



25— BLACK-HEADED GRAKLE. 



Gracula melanocephala, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxviii. Shaw's Zool. vii. 473. 

 Black-headed Grakle, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 129. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill yellow, a little bent, and stout at 

 the base ; forehead white, the rest of the head black ; the throat, 



