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but when feeding are much scattered. The movement of their wings in flight reminds one of the 

 Peewit ; but they have also the peculiar swing of the Jackdaws at intervals when flying. They 

 are very partial to nesting in holes of old bridges, or of trees &c, like Jackdaws ; one of their 

 breeding-stations is at Brousse, Asia Minor. The male is of a darker green than the female ; and 

 the adult birds in spring have the outer feather of the tail longer than the others, and tipped with 

 dark blue. The Turks call this bird Alia Carga, or Beautiful Crow." 



Our descriptions of the adult birds have been taken from Spanish specimens given us by our 

 friend Mr. Howard Saunders. The young bird described above is a specimen shot by the late 

 Mr. C. J. Andersson, at Otjimbinque, in the Damara country, on the 26th January, 1865. 



In the preparation of the above article we have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. Sharpe and Dresser. 



a. Alexandria (S. Stafford Allen), b. Seville {Howard Saunders) . c, d. Egypt (G. E. Shelley). e,f,g. Malta 

 (C. A. Wright). 



E Mus. R. B. Sharpe. 

 a, b. Daraaraland (Andersson). 



E Mus. Lord Lilford. 



a, b, c. Aranjuez, Spain (Lilford). 



E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 



a, b. Mount Tabor (H.B. T.). c. Algiers, d. Koleah Forest, Algiers (H B. T.). e. Transkei, South Africa 

 (H. Bowker). 



E Mus. Howard Saunders, 

 a, b. Seville, Spain (H. S.). 



