. A general synopsis of birds . , and other animals. 4-FETID GR. Gracula fcetida, Lin. Syfl. i. p. 164. N° 3. Description. OIZE of a Magpie. The bill npt unlike that of a Cuckow : thetongue plain, flefliy, and pointed : the noftrils oval and naked:the head is black, covered with upright, lhort feathers, like vel-vet : on the neck is a band, which is bare of feathers: the bodyis black : the outer edge of the quills of a blueifh colour, but nowhite fpot on any of them : the tail even at the Inhabits America. +■ BOAT-TAILEDGR. Gracula barita, Lin. Syft. i. p. 1-65. N° 4. Monedula tota
. A general synopsis of birds . , and other animals. 4-FETID GR. Gracula fcetida, Lin. Syfl. i. p. 164. N° 3. Description. OIZE of a Magpie. The bill npt unlike that of a Cuckow : thetongue plain, flefliy, and pointed : the noftrils oval and naked:the head is black, covered with upright, lhort feathers, like vel-vet : on the neck is a band, which is bare of feathers: the bodyis black : the outer edge of the quills of a blueifh colour, but nowhite fpot on any of them : the tail even at the Inhabits America. +■ BOAT-TAILEDGR. Gracula barita, Lin. Syft. i. p. 1-65. N° 4. Monedula tota nigra, or fmall Blackbird, Raii Syn. p. 185. N° Jam. p. 299. t. 257, f. Grakle, Amcr. Zool. N° Br. Muf. Lev. Muf, Description. QIZE °£ a Cuckow: length nearly thirteen, inches. The bill, fharp, black, and an inch and a half in length; it is naked at: the bafe, and the upper mandible bent: the general colour of the plumage is black, with a glofs of purple, efpecially on the upper parts j t^Satx^ ^auleet/ &raAcs/. V? G R A K L E; 4^1. parts; the edges of the quills and tail have a tinge of the fame:the wings reach to the middle of the tail, which is wedge-fhaped,five inches and a half long : the legs and claws are black j thelatter very flout and hooked. There occurs in this bird a Angularity, which I have obfervedin no other, which is, the folding up of the tail, feathers, totallydifferent from birds in general; for, inftead of being a pkin fur-face at top, it finks into a hollow like a deep gutter. A goodidea may be formed by comparing it to an Hens tail, with theunder fide uppermofL This bird always carries its tail expanded,when on the ground, folding it up in that fingular manner aboveexpreffed, only when perched or flying. I have received feveral fpecimens of this from Jamaica ; and m^^^J* c J • Manners. there are others in the Leverian Mufeum, all of which correfpondwith the account above given. The irides and notes are likethof
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