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MERULID.E. 



to shades of blue and azure : the bend and edges of 

 the wings are of a brighter colour and more brilliant 

 than the rest of the plumage : when the feathers on 

 the sides of the body are separated, their bases appear 

 white : the tarsi are very long, and the tail is short. 



GENUS LXXXIX. 



'Rostrum gracile, rectum, 

 subrotundatiim, longius- 

 cnlum, supra convexum; 

 mandibula superior ad api- 

 cem incurva. 



Alee penua spuria, longae^ ro- 

 tundatae. 



Ungues anteriores minimae, 

 graciles, posticus validissi- 

 raus, vald^ aduncus. 



Cauda mediocris. 



GRALLINA, Vieillot. 



Beak slender, straight, ra- 

 ther rounded, elongated, 

 qomex above; the upper 

 mandible emarginated on 

 each side at the tip, in- 

 curved. 



Wings with a spurious fea- 

 ther, long, rounded. 



Claws, the anterior ones 

 small, slender^ the hinder 

 very strong, and much 

 hooked. 



Tail moderate. 



Sp. 1. melanoleuca. Vieill. Anali/se,p. 68. (T.) 



<jR. superciliis, collo supra, pectore, ahdomine, fascia alarum y nro^ 

 .pygio, rectricibiisque lateralibus albis ; capite, gula, remigibus, 

 rectricibus intermediis dimidiatim nigris; rostro albido, culmine 

 a medio ad apicem atroj fem'mB,, guld alba. 



Grallina with the eyebrovrs, neck above, breast, abdomen, band 

 on the wings, rump, and lateral tail-feathers white ; the head, 

 throat, quills;and intermediate tail-feathers blaclvj beaJ^ whitish j 

 the cuhnen dark from the middle to the tip: Jemale, with a white 

 throat. 



Infiabits New Holland. 



