CHAPTER III. 



THE CROW FAMILY 



(Corvickz}. 



The White-backed Piping Crow The Hunting Crow 

 The Wandering Pie The Chinese Blue Pie 

 The Chinese Blue Magpie The Spanish Blue 

 Magpie The Blue-bearded Jay The Pileated 



"HERE are quite a number of most delight- 

 ful foreign birds belonging to the Crow 

 family, many of which make the most 

 charming pets and should have a place 

 in every collection : the only drawback to keeping 

 them is that, as a rule, they are of a tyrannical dis- 

 position, and cannot be kept at close quarters with 

 birds belonging to other families, particularly if smaller 

 than themselves. 



They may be generally described as omnivorous 

 in their habits, and in confinement should be fed on 

 meat, fruit, boiled maize or other corn, ants' eggs, and 

 insects of all kinds ; the two latter items for the 

 smaller members of the family, while the larger every 

 now and then will need a mouse or a small bird to 



