178 GRAKLE. 



38.— CLIMBING GRAKLE. 



Gracula scandens, Ind. Orn. i. 193. Shaw's Zool. vii. 476. 



- Cayanensis, Gm. Lin. i. 399. 

 Le grand Pic-grimpereau, Voy. d y Azara iv. No. 241. 

 Picucule de Cayenne, Buf. vii. 82. PL enl. 621. Ois. dor. ii. 113. pi. 76. Tern. 



Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxxxi. 

 Climbing Grakle, Gen.Syn.i. 467. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill stout, black, slightly bent the whole 

 length, and curved at the point, length one inch and three quarters ; 

 nostrils small, close to the base ; head and throat mottled rufous and 

 white ; the upper parts of the body rufous, the under rufous yellow, 

 every where marked with narrow, transverse, dusky streaks ; wings 

 and tail rufous, the latter four inches long, cuneiform, the outer 

 feather a quarter of an inch shorter than the middle ones ; all of them 

 have the shafts projecting in a point beyond the ends of the feathers ; 

 legs one inch and a quarter, dusky black. 



Inhabits the interior of Guiana, and climbs the trees like the 

 Woodpecker, with which it is blended by the inhabitants, but, in 

 fact, it does not belong to that Genus, nor to the Creepers, between 

 which two it seems to have been placed, but whether we may have 

 acted more properly in respect to the present arrangement, must 

 remain for future investigation. 



One, in the collection of Lord Seaforth, was full thirteen inches 

 in length, with the head and neck plain brown ; wings and tail 

 dull rufous. 



39— PICOID GRAKLE. 



Oriolus Picus, Ind.Orn.i. 188. Gm.Lin.i. 384. 

 Oriolus Picoides, Shaw's Zool. vii. 476. 

 Le Talapiot, Buf. vii. 82. PL enl. 605. 

 Climbing Oriole, Gen. Syn. ii. 453. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill one inch and a half, 

 dusky horn-colour, under mandible paler, tip of the upper slightly 



