BIRDS. PIC.E. 4, Corvus. 31 



tween that and the eyes, and thence to the rhin, whitish fcurfy 

 and bare of feathers in the old birds : legs black : inner-edge of the 

 middle-daw fer r ate . 



38. C. Coijiijc. Light ash-colour: head, throat, wings, 

 and tail glossy bluish-black. 



Hooded crow, Lewin n. 3,5. Donovan t. 1 17. Walcot t. 3,5. 



Length 2.2 inches : exte-itt nearly 3 feet : weight 22 ounces. 



Bill a little convex : heady under-side of the neck, point of the 

 breast, wings tail and legs, gl-ofsy violet-black,, the other parts pale 

 cinereous. Female with the throat bluish-grey. 



39. C. Momdula. Pale blui*h-biack : hind-head and 

 back of the neck grey : front, wings, and tail black. 



Jackdaw. Lewin t. 36. Albin \.t. 14. Wukott. 36. 



Length 13 inches : extent 28 inches : weight 9 ounces. 



Bill a little curved at the point : iris light-grey : tail slightly 

 rounded: legs blackish. Is fometimes found without the grey on 

 the head and neck, fometimes mixed black and white, or entirely 

 white. 



40. G. glandarius. Vinaceous buff-colour: head white 

 with black strokes : wing-coverts with blue and Mack 

 bars : tail black. 



Jay. Lewin t. 38. Donovan t. 2. 34. Walcot t. 37. 



Length 13 inches : extent 21 inches : weight 7 ounces. 



Bill dusky : iris whitish : under the eyes a broad black streak 

 from the angles of the mouth: chin whitish : crow it with long fea- 

 thers, capable of be ing erected into a crest: greater wing-coverts, 

 blue with tranfverfe black and white lines ; lesser-ones bay, the rest 

 black : greater quill-feathers dusky, grey on the outer-webs, except 

 the first ; 6 fecondary-ones black, the outer-webs white near the 

 bafe, and tinged with blue ; 2 next black ; thofe next the body are 

 tipt with black : rump and tail-coverts white : legs pale brown : 

 claws dusky. 



41. C. Pica. Black, with a blue green and purple gloss : 

 scapulars, breast, and upper part of the belly white : 

 tail long, wedge-form. 



Magpie. Lewin t, 40. Donovan t. 95. Walcot t. 39. 



Length 18 inches : extent 22 inches : weight about 9 ounces. 



Bill dusky : eyes dark-brown : vent black: 10 first quill-feathers . 

 white on the middle of the inner-webs; tail 9 inches and a half 

 long, and like the wings with a rich variable glofs of blue, green, 

 and purple : legs and claws black. 



42. C. caryocataclts. Rusty-brown, with triangular white 

 spots : crown and wings blackish : tail blackish, tipt 

 with white, the middle fealhers as if worn. 



Nutcracker. Br. Zoo/, app. t. 3. Lewin t, 37. Donovan t. 80. 



Lengthy inches: extent 21 inches 'weight 



Bill dusky : iris hazel : upper-part of the head and nape black- 

 ish : vent white : tail rounded : legs dusky : claws black. 



43. C. Graculus. Black, with a violet gloss : bill and legs 

 orange- ted. 



Red-legged Crow. Chough. Br. Zool. t. 35. Lewin t, 39. Wale. t. 40. 



Length 16 inches : extent 33 inches : weight 13 ounces 

 Bill nearly 2 inches long, curved, slender, sharp-pointed : iris ha- 

 zel : bristles at the bafe of the bill not covering the noftrils : legs 

 long, slender ; claws black. 



5. CORACIAS. Rvller. 



44. .C. garmla. Head, neck, breast and belly pale bluish 

 green: back and scapulars red-brown: coverts on 



