372 GRAKLE. 



32— SHINING GRAKLE. 



LENGTH seven inches and an half. Bill black ; plumage wholly 

 shining, violet purple black, except the wings and tail, which are 

 equally glossy, but with a hue of green ; legs stout, feathered a 

 trifle below the joint, and brown ; the tail is somewhat hollowed 

 out at the end. 



Inhabits Africa ? — Mr. Bullock. This is so very like the Glossy 

 Species, as to agree, except in being so much smaller, but the bill 

 was imperfect ; what remained of it seemed to be somewhat like that 

 of the Oriole. 



33— BOAT-TAILED GRAKLE— Pl. xliv. 



Gracula Barita, Ind. Orn.'i. 191. Lin. i. 165. Gm.Lin.i. 396. Borowsk. ii. 119. 



Shaw's Zool. vii. 460. 

 Sturnus Barita, Daud. ii. 320. 

 Troupiale, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. liv. 

 Monedula tota nigra, Raii 185. Sloan. Jam. 299. t. 257. 2. 

 Boat-tailed Grakle, Gen. Syn. ii. 460. pl. 18, Arct. Zool. ii. No. 154. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill sharp, black, one inch and a 

 half in length, naked at the base, the upper mandible bent ; irides 

 whitish ; plumage black, glossed with purple, the edges of the quills 

 and tail tinged with the same ; the wings reach to the middle of the 

 latter, which, when fully expanded, appears cuneiform, and is five 

 inches and a half long, but when folded up is found to be singularly 

 constructed ; for, instead of forming a plain surface at top, it sinks 

 into a hollow, or deep gutter ; a good idea of which may be formed, 

 by comparing it with a Hen's tail, the under side uppermost ; legs and 

 claws black, the latter strong. 



