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COCKSCOMB STARLING. 



A VERY singular species : it is iii length rather 

 more than six inches : beak brown ; from its lower 

 mandible depends a deep orange-coloured double 

 wattle, above an inch in length ; the crown of 

 the head is also ornamented with two similar ex- 

 crescences, one placed behind the other ; the region 

 of the eye is bare of feathers, and is of a yellow 

 colour ; the prevailing colour of the plumage is of 

 a dirty slate, with the under parts of the body 

 palest : the quills and tail black : legs pale yel- 

 lowish brown, very long. Inhabits the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



