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FETID GRAKLE. 



Gracula foetida. G. nigra, remigibus extus ccerulesc€ntibus,fa»cia 



collari nuda. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Black Grakle, with the outsides of the quill-feathers blueisb, 



and a naked band on the neck. 

 Fetid Grakle. Lath, syn. 



Described by Linnceus from Rolander, who says 

 it is of the size of a Magpie; the bill somewhat 

 like that of a Cuckow: the tongue plain, fleshy, 

 and pointed: the nostrils oval and naked: the 

 head black, covered with upright, short, velvet- 

 like feathers; the body black, the outer edge of 

 the quills blueish, and the tail even at the end. 

 Native of South America. From the circumstance 

 of its being furnished, according to the specific 

 character, with a naked collar on the neck, it 

 should seem allied to the Gracula religiosa. 



LONG-BILLED GRAKLE. 



Gracula longirostra. G. cinereo-fusca, subtus Jlavescens, capite 

 coUo caudaque nigris, rectricibus apice maculaque alarum albis. 

 Lath. ind. orn. 



Cinereous-brown Grakle, yellowish beneath, with black head 

 and neck, wings marked by a white spot, and tail tipped with 

 white. 



Gracula longirostra. Pall. Spicil. Q. t. I.f. 2. 

 Long-Billed Grakle. Jjith. syn. 



Described by Dr. Pallas. Size smaller than the 

 European Bee-Eater: bill thirteen lines long, and 



