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brown ; between the legs, vent, and under tail coverts yellowish 

 white; legs black. 



The young bird measures about seven inches. Plumage dusky 

 black, with very little gloss, and the membranous yellow, bounding 

 the gape, more conspicuous ; vent and under tail coverts buff-colour. 



The above were both in the collection of Lord Stanley. Native 

 place uncertain. 



30— SATIN GRAKLE. 



SIZE of the last. Bill pale; plumage wholly glossy black; 

 legs pale. The female and young bird are brown, more or less mixed 

 and varied with greenish crescents, on a pale ground. 



Inhabits New-Holland. Specimens of these are in the Museum 

 of the Linnaean Society, where it is called Satin-Bird. 



31— GLOSSY GRAKLE. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill one inch and a quarter, black, stout, 

 somewhat bending at the end ; head and neck covered with short, 

 velvety feathers, having a fine blue and purple gloss ; the rest of the 

 bird green ; beneath fine deep blue ; breast and belly purple ; wings 

 partly green, varied down the middle with brown ; quills dusky 

 black, edged outwardly with green, and reach half way on the tail, 

 which consists of twelve feathers, rounded, one inch and three quar- 

 ters in length, dusky, with a tinge of rufous ; under side black ; 

 thighs stout, brown; the whole bird extremely glossy; legs stout, 

 brown. 



Inhabits Senegal ; has much similarity to the Blue-Green Para- 

 dise Bird. 



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