30 BIRDS. PIC^E. 4, Corvue. 



Batcher-bird. Br. ZocLt. 33. Lewint..zg. Donorani. 87. 



/?/// blackish : iris dusky : moi<thbc.fct with strong bristles: from 

 the bafe of the bill acrofs the eyes a blackish stripe : head, neck, and 

 back hoary-grey : fcopulart white : wings hardly as long as the 

 rump, the coverts black: quill-feathers black, with a broad white 

 band, fomc of them tipt with white : throat breast and belly dirty- 

 white: 2 middle tail-feathers black, the others becoming whiter, the 

 outer-ones white : legs black. Female with tranfvcrfe fcinicirculav 

 brown lines on the breast and belly. 



33. L. CoUurio. Tail wedge-form, white at the edges : 

 head and neck pale cinereous : back and wing-coverts 

 bright ferruginous. 



Red-backed Shrike. Leiuin.t.^o. sUbinz.t. 14. Wulcot I. 30. 



Length 7 inches and a half -.extent ti inches : weight 2 ounces. 



Bill lead-colour : ?rzs hazel : from the bill through the^<?.r a black- 

 ish stripe : fcapu/ars bright ferruginous : quill-feathers brown, with 

 a lighter edge on the outer-webs: rump pale grey: from the chin 

 downwards pale blofsom colour: vent white : middle tail-feathers 

 black, the rest white on the outer edge, the 2 outermost nearly all 

 white: legs dark brown. t'emal? with traniverfc femicircular 

 brown lines : upper-part of the head and neck ferruginous ; tail fer- 

 ruginous, dusky .near the end. 



34. L, rnti'us, . Tail \\ e< lire- form : head, neck and back 

 ferrug nous : shoulders white : quill-feathers black, 

 with a Whitish spot near the tip. 



Wood-chat.. Lewin t. 31. Donovaji t. 84. Waleott, 31. 



About the size of the last. Kill horn-colour, with whitifh fea- 

 thers at the bafe : ;>;s hazel : from the base of the bill through the 

 tyes a blackish .'-tripe. : upper-part of the back dusky: win^-coverts 

 dusky : from the chin downwards yellowish-white : tail-feathers 

 blackish, the mare.i is nl tips whitish, except the 2 middle-ones : 

 jfgs dusky, female, head and neck reddish with browji .tranfvcrfe 

 lines, beneath dirty-white with brown curved tranfverfe lines : tail 

 iddish-brown, with a dark band near the end, and tipt with icU. 



ORDER II. PICJ3. 



A..CORVUS* Crow. 



3$. C. Contx. Deep black; the upper-parts with a 

 bluish i;Jos-; : f; il a little rounded. 



Raven., Lewni t. 32. Albinv.t.w. Wulcot t. 32, 

 Length nearly 2 feet: extent 4 feet : weight 3 pounds. 

 jSjY/blacJvish, strong, thick, nearly 3 inches long : nostrils covered 



ivith bristles reaching halfway down the bill: iris dusky : under- 



parts dusky, without glofs : legs black. Sometimes found pied> or 



entirely white. 



36, C. Corcnc. Deep black, with a bluish gloss all over: 

 tail rounded, with the feathers pointed. 



Carrion Crow. Br. Zool. t. 34. lewin t. 33. Walcot t. 33. 



Length 18 inches : extent 26 inches : weight 20 ounces. 

 Sill black, a little convex near the tip : nostril* covered, with bris- 

 tles : iris dusky : plumage black, with a. violet-blue glofs, Icjs shi- 

 ning underneath : legs black. 



37. d ffi'g'degus. Deep black, with a bluish gloss above: 

 front bare of feathers anil grey: tail a little 

 rounded. 



Rpok. J.ewin t. 34. Albin 2. f. 22. Walcot t. 34. 



Rather larger 'than the last. Bill black, gradually tapering : iris 

 hisky : nostrils without briales i abave th,e bs 



