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Tho plumage is black above, with a 

 dark gray patch on the back ef the 

 head. The whole underparts are a 

 dark gray, almost black, very much 

 darker gray than the young of the Pied 

 Jackdaw. 



Distribution. — Eastern Siberia, north 

 and central China. A winter visitant 

 in the Yangtse Valley, but not so 

 common as the Pied Jackdaw. 



Notes. — Both of these Jackdaws are 

 easily distinguished from the Crows 

 by their smaller size. The Pied 

 Jackdaw wears not only the white 

 collar of the Collared Crow, but also 

 a white vest, which comes down well 

 over his whole under parts, but he 

 does not keep his white as spotlessly 

 clean as does the Crow. 



Jackdaws do not seem to nest in 

 southern Kiangsu, but come in the 

 autumn with the immigrant Rooks, 

 and throughout the winter mingle 

 freely with them, in the fields by day, 

 and on the roosts by night. The 

 Chinese cover both species of Jack- 

 daws by the same name, " Little 

 Crows", or " Wheat Crows ", the 

 latter from their fondness for scratch- 

 ing up the seedling wheat in the fields. 



THE PIED MAGPIE. 



PICA PICA SEEICEA, GOULD. 



Description. — Length eighteen in- 

 ches. Bill and tarsus black. 



Plumagemostly black. The scapulars, 

 abdomen, and rump are white, and 

 there are fine white streaks on the 

 feathers of the throat. The wings and 

 tail show a rich purplish irridescence. 

 The tail is graduated. 



