39 s 



ROW. 



37- 



SHORT- 



TAILED 



CROW. 



Corvus brachyurus, Lin. Sjft, i. p. 158. N° 15. 



Le Merle verd des Moluques, Brif. cm. ii. p. 316. N s 56. pi, 32. f. t 



Breve de Bengale, Buf. oif. iii. p. 414. 



Merle de Bengale, PI. eul. 258. 



Pescription. CIZE of a Blackbird : length feven inches. Bill grey brown : 

 corners of the mouth orange : irides whitilh: head and throat 

 black : over the eye a fulvous ftripe, from the noftrils to the 

 hind head : hind part of the neck, the back, and . fcapulars, fine 

 green : throat, neck, breafr, belly, fides, and thighs, fulvous: 

 under the wings black : lefier wing coverts fhining blue green ; 

 greater ones the fame as the back : quills black ; on the fix firfr. 

 a white fpot about the middle: tail not above an inch in length, 

 black, tipped with green : legs long, orange : claws dirty red. 

 Place. Inhabits the Molucca JJles. 



37- 

 Var. A. 



Description. 



Place. 



Le Merle a tete noire des Moluques, Brif. crn. ii. p. 319. N° 57. pi. 32. f. 2. 

 Breve des Philippines, Buf. oif. iii. p. 413. N° I. 

 Merle des Philippines, PL enl. 89. 



CIZE lefs than the kit : length fix inches and a quarter. Bill 

 brown : head, throat, and neck, black : back and fcapulars 

 deep green : bread, upper part of the belly, and fides, paler 

 green : lower part of the belly black, tipped with rofe-colour : 

 under tail coverts rofe-colour : rump, upper tail coverts, and 

 upper wing coverts, fhining blue green : quills black at the bafe, 

 then white, terminated with black brown : lefTer quills blackifh, 

 with the inner webs tipped with green, and fome quite green : 

 tail black : legs light brown. 



Inhabits the Molucca JJles, with the laft. 



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