Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 2 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

GRYLLIVORA Saularis.

Dial Bird.

Family Sylviadæ. Sub Family Saxicolinæ.

Generic Character.

Bill strong, compressed, the culmen gradually curved from the base, the tip strongly notched: the margins inflexed, the rictus bearded. Tarsi elevated, robust. Wings rounded, the 3, 4, 5 and 6th quills nearly equal, lesser quills nearly all of equal length. Tail graduated; the feathers broad. Nob.

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Specific Character.

Glossy blue-black, body beneath, and a broad longitudinal band in the middle of the wing, pure white: tail graduated, the three middle feathers black and nearly equal, the three outer suddenly diminishing, and pure white.

Gracula Saularis. Auctorum.