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Tlie Magpie. ( C. Pica. L.) Enl 488. Naum. 



56. 2. 



Is a fine bird, of a silky black, reflecting purple, 

 blue, and gold ; belly, white, and a large spot of the 

 same colour over the eye. Its perpetual chattering 

 has rendered it famous. It prefers inhabited places, 

 and feeds on all sorts of matter, and will even attack 

 the small domesticated birds. 



Senegal Crow. Corvus Senegalensis. Enl. 538. 



Violet black above ; dusky beneath ; size of a mag- 

 pie. Tail longest in the males. Senegal. 



Corvus Ventralis. Shaw. Vaill. Afr. 55. 



Above, glossy black ; belly, thighs, and vent, flesh- 

 colour. Said to be from South Sea Islands. 



Red-hUled Jay. Corvus Erythrorhyncos. Enl. 622. 

 better Vail. 57- 



Body, brown above ; white beneath ; head, neck, and 

 breast, black. China. 



Cayenne Jay. Corvus Cayanus. Enl. 373. 



Black ; wings and tail, violet ; last tipped with white ; 

 head, black, with some white spots. Cayenne. 



Peruvian Jay. C. Peruvianus. Enl. 625. 



Forehead, blue ; hind-head, whitish ; green above ; 

 yellow beneath. Peru. 



Blue Crow. Corvus Cyaneus. Pall. Vail. Afr. 

 58. 2. 



Top of head to nape, glossy deep-black ; body, ash- 



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