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PASSERES. 



CORVID^. 





CORVID.F. 



Pica rustica (Scopoli*). 



THE PIE. 



Pica caudataA. 



Pica, BrhsoiiX. Beak hard, stout ami compressed, straight at the base, 

 arched towards the point, sharp at the edges, and slightly notched near the 

 tip of the upper mandible. Nostrils basal, hidden by stiff feathers, directed 

 forwards. Wings short and rounded ; first primai-y attenuated for two-thirds 



* Corriis rusticus, i^coiioli, Aniius I. Histoiico-Naturalis, i>. -38 (1769). 



t Fleming, Hist. Brit. Animals, ]>. 87 (IS-JSj. :|; Ornithologie, ii. p. 35 (1760). 



