464 PIED GRAKLE. 



yellow colour. It is a native of South America, 

 and seems to have been first described by Buffon, 

 who has considered it as a species of Crow. The 

 female differs in being of a more dusky black than 

 the male. 



PIED GRAKLE. ' 



Gracala varia. G, alho nigroque varia, rostro pedibusque plum- 

 beis. 



Variegated black and white Grakle^ with lead-coloured bill and 

 legs. 



Coracias varia. C. nigra, alts albo mriegatis, dor so posfico 

 uropygio corporeque suhtus albis, rectricibus lateralibus albo 

 terminatis. Lath, ind orn. 



Cassican de la nouvelle Gmnee. Buff. ois. PI. Enl. 628. 



Pied Roller, Lath. syn. 



This species, which is described by Buffon, from 

 a specimen communicated by Sonnerat, is sup- 

 posed to be a native of New-Guinea. Its length 

 is rather more than thirteen inches, and its colour 

 a variegation of black and white: the bill is rather 

 large, strong, sharp, and of a blueish grey colour 

 with a blackish tip, somewhat hooked at the point: 

 the head, neck, beginning of the back, edge of the 

 wing, greater quill-feathers, and tail, are black, the 

 latter tipped with white: the wing-coverts white, 

 slightly marked with black, and the breast, abdo- 

 men, and rump white : the legs moderately stout, 

 rather short, and of a blackish lead-colour. Buffon 

 considered this bird as allied in some degree to 

 genera of Ramphastos and Oriolus^ but Mr. 



