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CLIMBING GRAKLE. 



Gracula scandens. G. riifaj suhtus lutescens, corporefusco trans- 

 versim undulato, capite albo punctato, rectricibus apice aculeatis. 



Rufous Grakle^ subluteous beneath, with the body transversly 

 undulated with brown^ and the tail-feathers aculeated at the 

 tips. 



Le Picucule de Cayenne. Buff, ois, PI. Enl. 621. 



Gracula scandens. G. corpore transversim striato, supra mfoy 



subtus lutescente, capite rufo alboque vario, rectricibus apice 



denudatis aculeatis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Climbing Grakle. Lath, syn. 



Described by BufFon, under the title of Picucule : 

 length ten inches: from the gape to the point of 

 the bill nearly one inch and three quarters : bill 

 itself of a black colour, pretty stout, slightly bent 

 the whole length, and somewhat curved at the tip: 

 nostrils small, and close to the base: head and 

 throat speckled with white : upper part of the 

 body rufous, the under yellowish, but both above 

 and beneath marked with transverse dusky stripes 

 or undulations: wing and tail plain rufous: tail 

 slightly cuneiform, about four inches long, the 

 Q<uter feather an inch and half shorter than the 

 middle ones; all the feathers terminating in a 

 projecting sharp-pointed shaft, as in the immedi- 

 ately preceding bird, which it resembles in its 

 manners: legs blackish. Native of Guiana, 



