246 Corvidce. 



' large-headed.' In general colour it is pale chocolate ; but the 

 black and white crest which it can elevate and depress at 

 pleasure; the bright blue, barred with black and white, of its 

 wing coverts ; and the contrast of the white patch over the black 

 tail, are its most striking points. It may be found in almost all 

 woods and plantations throughout the county. 



Here we may take leave of the Conirostral Tribe, and we may 

 remark in conclusion how gradually we have been conducted 

 through the Larks and Buntings up to the Finches, some of 

 which display such exceeding power of beak, and live wholly on 

 grain ; and so on through the Starlings and Crows down to the 

 Jay, omnivorous feeders as these last are, so that the transition 

 to the next tribe, distinct though it is, will not be so rapid, and 

 we can pass on without much hiatus and almost imperceptibly 

 to the famity standing first of the climbers, viz., the Wood- 

 peckers, which we shall find in many points have affinities with 

 those last described. 



