BIRDS. PIES. Crow. 637 



long : The bill, neck, and back are black ; the leffer wing coverts are dufky, the reft being rich 

 fplendid blue ; the outer webs of the primary wing quills are rich blue, the inner webs being dufky ; 

 the fecondaries are rich blue croffed with diftant narrow black bars ; the rump, belly, and breaft, are 

 dull blue ; the tail is very long, wedge-like, and of a fine gloffy blue colour, the middle quills being 

 flightly barred with black. 



624 18. Cayenne Crow. — 17. Corvus cay amis. 9. 



Of a fomewhat violet-blue colour, the under parts being white j the front and throat 

 are black, and the tail is tipt with white. 



C. cayanus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 1 60. n. 24. — Garrulus cayanenfis. BrifT. av. ii. 52. n. 2. t. 4. f. 

 1. — Geay de Cayenne, Blanche-coeffee. Buff. oif. iii. 118. PI. enl. n. 373. — Cayenne Jay. Lath, 

 fyn. i. 388. n. 22. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — Is thirteen inches long : The bill, legs, feet, and claws, are grey ; the front- 

 let, cheeks, and nape of the neck, are black, the fore-head feathers being rigid and erected, and the 

 fides of the head being each marked with three white fpots; the tail is rounded and has a violet tinge. 



625 19. White- eared Crow. — Corvus auritus. 



Is brown afh, and fomewhat crefted ; the frontlet and chin are black ; the front and 

 each ear are marked with a white fpot ; the wing quills are black, with grey edges. 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 160. n. 25. 

 Petit Geay de la Chine. Sonner. voy. ii. 188. t. 107. — White-eared Jay. Lath, fyn.fup. 83. 



Inhabits China. — Is eleven inches long: The bill is black, and fcarcely bent; the irides are reddifh 

 yellow ; the crown is bluifh afh, having its feathers longifh ; the tail is long, rounded, and fomewhat 

 flouching ; the legs are long and brownifh, the back claw being very ftrong and much bent. 



626 20. Purple-headed Crow. — Corvus porphyrocephalus. 



Is reddifh, the under parts being yellow, the head purplifh, and the wing and tail quills 

 black. Lath. fyn. fup. 83. 

 C. purpurafcens. Lath. ind. orn. i. 161. n. 26V 



Inhabits China. — The bill is lead coloured, the legs and feet being carnation ; the tail is long. 



627 2.1. Macao Crow. — Corvus ?nacaenfis. 



Is greyifh afh ; the back, wing coverts, and ventlet, being red ; the forehead, wing 

 quills, and tail, are black ; the fecondary wing quills having each two white fpots. 



C. finenfis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 161. n. 27. — Pie de Macao. Sonner. voy. ii. 187. — Macao Crow. 

 Lath. fyn. fup. 84. 



Inhabits the ifland of Macao in China. — Is about a third fmaller than the Magpie : The irides are 

 yellowifh. 

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