. Animals in menageries. tipt with white; the featherslineated at their base. Inhabits South Africa. Dr. Burchells Coll. 412. Total length about 13inches; bill, gape l-j^g ; wings?; tail,beyond, 5; from the base 9; tarsus 1^; hind toe and ^. Closely resembles C. Senegalensis; but is rather larger,and distinguished by the white stripes and the narrow bars onthe upper plumage : the shafts of the neck feathers are re-markably thick. 122. Crotophaga Icevi-^^^^ ~--^ ^5 rostra. \.^ v*,. Entirely black : feathers ofthe body with a slight mar-ginal gloss. Bill with the cul-men smooth, (fg. 65. a
. Animals in menageries. tipt with white; the featherslineated at their base. Inhabits South Africa. Dr. Burchells Coll. 412. Total length about 13inches; bill, gape l-j^g ; wings?; tail,beyond, 5; from the base 9; tarsus 1^; hind toe and ^. Closely resembles C. Senegalensis; but is rather larger,and distinguished by the white stripes and the narrow bars onthe upper plumage : the shafts of the neck feathers are re-markably thick. 122. Crotophaga Icevi-^^^^ ~--^ ^5 rostra. \.^ v*,. Entirely black : feathers ofthe body with a slight mar-ginal gloss. Bill with the cul-men smooth, (fg. 65. a) Inhabits Brazil. Total length about I4i inches ;bill, from the gape l-jL; wings 6-,-q ; t::^tail, beyond, about 4^; tarsus 1-^. 123. Crotophaga rugi- 7ostra. Entirely black: feathers ofthe body with glossy with the culmen and sidestransversely wrinkled, {fig-65. h) Inhabits Southern Brazil. A slight degree smaller than thelast. The sexes are similar, andboth have been hitherto con-founded as one species. Y.
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