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PASSERES. 



CORVIDJE. 



CORVIDAt. 



PICA RUSTICA (Scopoli*). 



THE PIE. 

 Pica caudata\. 



PICA, Brisson+. Beak hard, stout and compressed, straight at the base, 

 arched towards the point, sharp at the edges, and slightly notched near the 

 tip of the upper mandible. Nostrils basal, hidden by stiff feathers, directed 

 forwards. Wings short and rounded ; first primary attenuated for two-thirds 



* Corvus rusticus, Scopoli, Annus I. Historico-Naturalis, p. 38 (1769). 



t Fleming, Hist. Brit. Animals, p. 87 (1828). $ Ornithologie, ii. p. 35 (1760). 



