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63, Magpie. Pica riistlm (Scopoli). Sylvan. Resident. 



Long graduated iridescent green tail ; rump greyish white. Length 

 16-18 inches, tail 10-11. 



64. Jackdaw. Corvus moncdula, Linnaeus. Eesident. 



Black ; ear-coverts, nctjie, and sides of neck grey ; belly leaden black. 

 Young. Little or no grey on nape. Length 14 inches. 



G-l. Haten. Corvus corax, Linnaeus. 

 Largest of British Passeres. 



Eesident. 



General colour glossy steel-black ; throat-feathers pointed ; tail 

 slightly cuneate. Length 24 inches. 



60. Cabkiox-Ckow. Corvus corone, Linnaeus. Eesident. 

 Black, with metallic gloss; nostrils covered with bristly feathers ; 

 base of body-feathers whitish. Length 18-10 inches. 



67. Hooded Crow. Corvus comix, Linu;eus. Eesident in Scotland 

 and Ireland ; in England a winter visitor. 



Head, throat, wings, thighs, and tail-feathers black ; the rest of 

 plumage dull grey. Length 18-19 inches. 



68. EooK. Corvus fnujile<j us, Linnaeus. Sylvan. Eesident, 



Black, with blue gloss. 



Adults. AV^ith bare scurfy skin on forehead, lores, and throat. 



Young in first plumage have these parts feathered, and resemble 

 young Carrion-Crows, but the bases to the body-feathers are grey and 

 the bill is slender. Length 18-20 inclies. 



L A N 1 1 D ,ffi . Sylvan. Young barred below. 



69. Gbeat Grey Shrike. Lanius exciobitor, Linnaeus. Autumn to N. Europe. 

 spring. 



Forehead white. Above bluish grey, below white. Tail graduated, 

 the four centre feathers black-, the next tipped with white, the white 

 gradually increasing in the others until the outside feathers are nearly 

 white. Two white bars on the wing when folded. The race with only 

 one bar on wing (called Lanius major) has a more northern habitat, and 

 visits in Enoiaud in winter. Length 9 inches. 



70. Lesser Grey Shrike. Lanius minor, J. F. Gmelin. Eour 

 occurrences : Scilly Is., 1851 ; Norfolk, 1869, 1875; Devon, 1876. 



First primary verg short, less than one third of second ; tail even. 



Male. Above grey ; forehead and feathers from bill, round eye to 

 ear-coverts, black; breast and flanks with a roseate blush. Wing-bar 

 white. 



Female. Less black on fore part of head. 



Young, lias only black round and behind eye. Length 8-9 inches. 



C. & S. Europe, 

 exceiJt 

 Peninsula, 

 Asia Minor, 

 wintering in 

 S. Africa. 



