C ROW. 



tating black velvet : the tail is more cuneated than that of the 

 Siberian Jay. 



This bird, Buffon fays, has not yet appeared in Europe ■, but he 

 does not tell us how he came by the defcription. 



23. 



YELLOW- 

 BELLIED 

 JAY. 



Description. 



Place. 



Le Garlu, ou Geai a ventre jaune de Cayenne, Buf. oif. iii. p. ug.— ■ 

 PI. enl. 249. 



/ "T A HE length of this fpecies is nine inches. The bill ftout, 

 like that of a Jay, and of a duflcy black : the upper parts of 

 the head and its fides, the neck, and back, are of a greenilh 

 brown : on the middle of the crown is a golden yellow ftreak : 

 over each eye is a ftreak of white, beginning at the upper mandi- 

 ble, and paffing on each fide almoft to the hind head : the chin 

 is white; the reft of the under parts fine yellow: the wings 

 and tail reddilh brown, with paler margins : the legs are (lender^, 

 fhort, and of a lead-colour. 

 This inhabits Cayenne, 



29. 



+■ MAGPIE. 



JBSCP.IFTION. 



Corvus pica, Lin. Syft, \. p. 157. N° 13.— Scop. ann. i. p. 38. N°4i.— 



Mull. p. 12. 

 La Pie, Brif. cm. ii. p. 35. N° l.— Buf. oif. iii. p. 85. pi. 7.— PI. enl. 488. 

 Aelfter, Frifcb. t. 58. — Kram. el. p. 335. 

 Magpye, or Pianet, Rail Syn. p. 41. A. x.— Will. orn. p. 127. pi. 19.— 



Albin. i. pi. 15.— Br. Zool. 1. N° 7%.— Am. Zool. N° 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



'"TpHIS meafures in length above eighteen inches, and weighs 



eight or nine ounces. The bill is black : irides hazel : the 



fcapulars, and all the under parts from the breaft, are white: the 



2 reft 



