CORVIDyE - THE CROWS. 

 A specimen of P. nuttalli l.as tlie lateral tarsal plates with two or thr 



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'ce 



Pica hvdsonica. 



transverse divisions on the lower third. This has not been observed by us 

 to occur in P. hudsonira. 



Speeiefj and Varieties. 

 P. caudata. Head, nc-.k, hr-nsf, int.Tscapnlars, li.i,,. of win?, tail-coverta 

 an.l t.huo. ,1,.<-,. l.la.'k : win.n-s niolallio Kn'..nish-bh,e; tail rid, metallic preen tl.o 

 k^.thers pass,,,.. thro„.|, l,r„M/,> an,! r..,l.lisl,-violot into violet-bluo, at their lips, 

 heapulars abdomen, side.., (lank., and inner webs of j.riniaries, pure white. 

 teexi's ahkc ; young similar. 



u. Bill and bare si)aee aroinid the eye lilaek. 



Win- r.oO ; tail, 9..->() or less, its fjiadiiation less than half its h-nsth 

 4.00; eiihnen, 1.20; tarsus, 1.75; middle toe, l.or,. Hah. Europe. ' 



,,,• o V , ^''■"'- f fill da /(I ' 



Wm,sr, over S.OO (S.;,o maximum); tail over 10.00 (i;5.50 max its 

 graduation more (ban half its length, 7.70); eulmen, 1.5;",; tarsus W.V 

 middle toe, l.O.l Hub. Northern an,l Middle North AnuM-ic.i. exclu- 

 sive of the Atlantic Province ol' L'nited States and California. 



, Till ,, ^'''"■- hudsov icd. 



t>. liill and bare space around the eye yellow. 



Wing, 7.50; tail. lO.oO; its graduation, rwO; culmen, 1.50; tarsus 



1.75 ; middle toe, 1.05. //a&. California . . . . yai: n u tin I li . 



1 Picacaudafo Vu-.M. li-it. An. p. 87. Corvu. pica, LiKV. Fnnn. Suoc. p. 31. n.n n.-l„- 

 noleuca, A .km, N. 1). XXVI, 121. Pic. alOivrnM., Vnca,.. Faun. Fran,,., p. 11!., t. C,,^ f ] 



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