Gl< STUHNID.E. 



TiiKSE birds are rather less in general than the 

 Crows, and the typical species construct their nests 

 in hedges : they are truly omnivorous. 



Sp. 1. Pi. Europaea. 



Corvus Pica. Shatv, v. vii. p. 369. — Britain and Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Pi. Senegalensis. 



Corvus Senegalensis. Shaiv, v. vii. ^;. 371. — Africa. 



Sp. 3. Pi. ventralis. 



Corvus ventralis. Shnxv, v. vii. p. 377. — Inhabits ? 



Sp. 4. Pi. erythrorliynchos. 



Corvus erythrorliynchos. Shaw, v. vii. p. 3G1. — China. 



Sp. 5. Pi. Cayana. 



Corvus Cayanus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 360. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 6. Pi. Peruviana. 



Corvus Peruvianus. Sliatv, v. vii. p. 363, pi. 45. — Peru. 

 Sp. 7. Pi. rufa. 



Corvus rufus. Shaiv, v. vii. jj. 368. — India. 

 Sp. 8. Pi. cyanea. 



Corvus cyaneus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 362. — India .-' 



Sp. 9. Pica rufiventris. Vieil. Anahjs, S)X. p. 68. (E.) 



Pi? vertice nuchdque griseo-cceruleis ; gidu, coUo antice, remigi- 



busque primorihus nigris ; pectore, ventre, dorso, uropygioque 



riifis. 

 Magpie with the crown and nape grey-blue ; the throat, neck in 



front, and primary quills black ; the breast, belly, back, and 



rump rufous. 



Inhabits Eastern Asia. Beak and legs black : 

 the top of the head and the nape grey-blue : the 

 throat, fore part of the neck, and primary quills 

 black : the breast, back, and rump red : the upper 

 tail-coverts ash-coloured : the tail cuneiform ; its two 

 middle feathers equal at the tip. Size of the Magpie. 



