ORDER PASSERES. 177 



The jackdaw terminates the tribe of true crows, 

 because its upper mandible is not much more sensi- 

 bly arched than the lower. But to this tribe we 

 must add, 



Chattering Croiv. (Corvus Jamaicensis.) Gm. 



Entirely black ; size of a common crow. Corneille a 

 duvet blanc, Downy crow of Latham, Corvus 'Leu- 

 cognaphalus, Daud. is the same, furnished with fine 

 white down at the base of the feathers. 



White-breasted Crow. Corvus Dauricus. Gm. Enl. 

 327. 



Black ; head and throat, glossed with blue ; neck, 

 breast, and belly, white. Twelve inches. Senegal, 

 China, and Persia. 



Corvus Scapulatus. Daud. Vaill. 53. 



Heretofore classed with the preceding ; but M. Tem- 

 minck thinks them distinct. Scapulars, white. Africa. 



White-necked Raven. Lath. Corvus Alhicollis. Vail. 

 50- 



Black, with white patch on nape and sides of neck, 

 eighteen or nineteen inches. S. Africa. It might 

 constitute a separate subgenus, from its compressed 

 and elevated beak, with trenchant back. 



Corvus Splendens. Vieil. Temm. pi. col. 425. 



Forehead, mask, and throat, lustrous black ; head, 

 cheeks, nape, and breast, ashen-gray, reddish-tinted ; 

 beneath, slate-colour ; wings, back, and tail, lustrous 

 black, with violet and purple reflexions. East Indies. 



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