188 MAGPIE. 



scapulars, lower part of the breast and belly, white; thighs and 

 vent black; tail long, the two exterior feathers scarcely half the 

 length of the longest, the others increasing to the two middle 

 ones, which taper towards their extremities. The colour of this 

 part of the plumage is very splendid, being glossy green, dashed 

 with blue and bright purple; this last colour bounds the green; 

 nostrils covered with a thick tuft of recumbent hairs, as are also 

 the sides of the mouth j bill, legs and feet, glossy black. The 

 female differs only in the less brilliancy of her plumage. 



