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CARUNCULATED GRAKLE. 



Gracula carunculata. G. nigra, dorso tectricihusque alarum 



ferrugineisj mandihula inferiore utrinque carunculata. 

 Black Grakle, with the back and wing coverts ferruginous, and 



the lower mandible carunculated on each side. 

 Sturnus carunculatas. S. niger, dorso tectricihusque alarum 

 ferrugmeis, ad basin mandihulce inferioris palea duplici caruncu- 

 lata fulva. Lath, ind. om, 

 "Wattled Stare. Lath, syn. 



Length about six inches: size of the commori 

 Starling: colour black, with the back and wing- 

 coverts ferruginous: on each side the gape of the 

 lower mandible a small orange-coloured wattle. 

 Female entirely ferruginous. Native of New 

 Zealand. 



GREY GRAKLE. 



Gracula grisea. G. nigricdnte-cinerea, alis caudaque nigris «6- 

 domine ricfescente, macula postoculari nuda rufa. 



Blackish-grey Grakle, with black wings and tail, rufescent ab- 

 domen, and naked rufous spot behind the eyes, 



Martin gris-de-fer. Levaill. ois.pl. 25./. 2. 



Size of a Starling: bill orange-colour: irides 

 deep red: behind each eve a triangular naked 

 orange-coloured skin: feathers on the top of the 

 head narrow, black, and hanging over the cheeks, 

 but not erigible in the manner of a crest: throat, 

 neck, and whole under part of the bird iron-grey^ 

 slightly clouded with tawny about the throat : 



