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P. pyrrhocorax, Cuv. (The Alpine Crow, Lath.) Plumage of a bril- 

 liant black, with purple and green reflections ; tail a little round- 

 ed ; wings shorter than the tail ; bill orange yellow ; iris brown ; 

 feet vermilion red, soles of the feet black. About fourteen inches 

 long. Inhabits mountains in Europe Tern. Man. 121. 



P. graculus, Tern. (Red-legged Crow, Lath.) Plumage black, with 

 green, violet, and purple reflections ; wings long ; tail square ; 

 bill long, pointed, arched, and as well as the legs of a vermilion 

 colour ; iris brown ; tongue of a saffron yellow. Sixteen inches 

 long. Inhabits mountains of Europe. Selby, Illust. pi. 33. 

 In Britain this species seems to be principally limited to Devonshire, Cornwall, 

 and Wales ; but it is also found in some parts of Scotland and the Hebrides. It ap- 

 pears in immense flocks in Egypt towards the end of the annual inundcUion of the 

 Nile, when it feeds with the storks and falcons on the reptiles which then abound. 

 With us they are stationary throughout the year. The Cornish peasantry often keep 

 them tame in their small gardens. 



Gen. 7. BARITA, Cuv. Craticus, Vieill. 

 Bill long, strong, convex above, notched at the point, with- 

 out nasal furrow ; nostrils lateral, pierced longitudinally in 

 the bill, covered above and half shut by the corneous sub- 

 stance ; legs robust ; tarsus longer than the intermediate toe ; 

 the external toe united to the first joint, the internal Tree ; 

 back toe long, very strong ; wings of medium size or long, the 

 fourth^or sixth quill-feathers longest. 



B. varia, Tern. (Gracnla, Shaw.) Plumage black above, varie- 

 gated with white ; white below ; lateral tail-feathers tipped with 

 white ; bill bluish, apex curved ; legs plumbeous. Thirteen in- 

 ches long. Inhabits New Guinea. Shaw, vii. 464. 



B. strepera, Tern. (Coracias, Lath.) Plumage black, primaries 

 white at the base ; lower coverts of the wing and tail white ; tail 

 elongated, round, the feathers white at their base, apex black ; 

 wings reaching to the middle of the tail ; feet black. Nineteen 

 inches long. Inhabits Norfolk Island. Sharv, xiii. pi. 10. 



Gen. 8. GLAUCOPIS, Forst. 



Bill of medium size, strong and thick ; upper mandible con- 

 vex, arched, curved towards the tip, covering the edges of 

 the lower, at the base of which is a fleshy membrane or wattle ; 

 nostrils basal, lateral ; legs robust ; tarsus longer than the 

 middle toe ; thumb with a long and crooked nail ; 



G. cinerea, Lath. Body cinereous, nearly black ; tail cuneiform, 

 with twelve feathers ; bill black, with wattles at the base of a 

 reddish blue colour. Fifteen inches long. Inhabits New Zealand. 

 Shaw, vii. pi. 42. 



Gen. 9. GRACULA, Lin. 



Bill of medium size, strong, much compressed, convex above, 

 narrow at the point, which is notched in some individuals; 



