SHARP-TAILED VINAGO. 
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some of the secondaries are margined with grey. 
The elongated tail-featliers have their upper surface 
of a greyish-brown ; the remainder are of a deep grey 
at the base, succeeded by a black bar, and terminat- 
ing with bluish-grey. The under surface of all the 
tail-feathers is black for two-thirds of their length 
from the base, the tips being of a pale pearl-grey. The 
tarsi are partly dotted with green feathers, the re- 
mainder and toes red ; the claws are grey and much 
hooked. The bill is pretty stout, the tip arched 
and inflated, and of a leaden or grey colour ; the soft 
or basal part is of a deep bluish- grey. 
This kind is also a native of Java, where it is 
widely disseminated, and was first discovered by 
MM. Reinwardt and Diard, who forwarded specimens 
to the Parisian and Netherland Museums. 
In addition to the species here described, the fol- 
lowing are found in India and its islands : V. mili- 
taris, psittacea, potnpodora, and vemans. In Africa, 
the V. Australis, calva, and Abyssinica, and a new 
species from the Himalaya has been figured by Mr 
Gould in his beautiful Century of Birds from that 
district, under the title of Vinago sphenura. 
We now pass on to a beautiful group : It is the 
