174 eoRYus, COTTUS* 



corone, (carrion crow,) entirely black, with a vio- 

 let-blue gloss ;. tail rounded, feathers pointed 

 at the ends. 12 to 18 inches long. 



frugilegus, (rook,) black ; front subcinereous ; 

 tail roundish ; skin about the nostrils, and base 

 of the bill bare. 



montdula, (jackdaw,) black-brown ; hind-head 

 hoary ; front, wings, and tail, black. 



glandarius, (jay,) wing-coverts blue, with trans- 

 verse black and white lines ; body ferruginous, 

 inclining to vinaceous. About ten or twelve 

 inches long. 



cristatuS) (blue-jay,) blue, collar black ; wing- 

 coverts with transverse black lines. 



pica, (magpie,) variegated with black and white ; 

 tail wedgeform. 

 See MS. P. 



4 3. CORYPJL&NA. Spec. 19. 



psittacus, (parrot fish,) lateral lines intercepted : 

 fins with longitudinal coloured lines. 

 See MS. P. " 



4 3. COTTUS. Spec. 10. 



cataphractus, (armed bullhead,) body eight-an- 

 gled, mailed ; upper jaw with two upright bifid 

 spines ; throat with numerous cirri. 



scaber, (prickly bullhead,) head and lines down 

 the body with serrate scales j lateral line acu- 

 leate. 



scorpius, (father-lasher,) head armed with numer- 

 ous large spines ; upper jaw rather longer than 

 the lower. 

 Sec MS. P. 



