150 
LONG-TAILED GRAKLE. 
glossed with lilac and purple, and reflecting numer- 
ous close transverse dark bars, which are onlv seen 
when the tail is held to the light. The size of the 
body is not much bigger than that of L. ptilonoryn- 
chus, but the length of the tail makes the bird seem 
much larger. 
Total length, about 20 inches ; bill, from the 
gape, 1 J- ; wings, 8 ; tail beyond, 9£; from the base, 
4 ; tarsus, 1 T 6 5 ; hind toe and claw, 1. 
From the peculiar flatness of the feathers of the 
tail, we suspect that in the live bird it assumes a 
boat-shaped appearance. T^e do not, however, for 
the present, venture to give this type a distinct sub- 
generic name 
