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THE MAGPIE. 



Pica rl'stica (Scopoli). 



In many parts of Great Britain game-preservers have been more 

 successful in diminisliing the numbers of the Magpie than of the 

 Jay, but it is still widely distributed throughout the island ; while in 

 Ireland it is now an extremely common and increasing species. 

 From the North Cape in Scandinavia southward, it is found, more 

 or less plentifully, throughout Europe, except in the islands of 

 Corsica and Sardinia ; but it does not occur in Palestine, although 

 found in Asia Minor. Eastward — subject to a variation in the 

 amount of white in the plumage, which has led to the creation of 

 several bad species — the Magpie is found across Asia to India, 

 China and Japan, and also in the northern portion of America from 



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