638 BIRDS. PIES. Crow. 



628 22. Rufous Crow. — Corvus rufus. 



Is red, the under parts being reddifh white ; the head and neck are brown. Lath. hid. 

 orn. i. 161. n. 28. Syn. fup. 84. 



Pie rouffe de la Chine. Sonner. voy. ii. 186. t. 106. 



Inhabits China. — Is about the fize of a Blackbird : The bill, legs, and feet, are black ; the greater 

 wing coverts and the fecondary wing quills are grey ; the primary wing quills and the two middle 

 tail quills are black ; the lateral tail quills are half brown half grey, with white tips. 



629 23. Nutcracker. — 18. Corvus Caryocatafles. 10. 



Is rufty brown, with fmall triangular white fpots, the wings and tail being black; the 

 tail quills have white tips, thofe of the middle quills being worn. Scop. an. i. 37. n. 40. 



C. CaryocataiTtes. Lath. ind. orn. i. 164. n. 39. Sepp. vog. t. 3. Ger. orn. ii. 44. t. 163. — C. 

 cinereus. Faun. fuec. n. 75.— Caryocatactes. Gefn. av. 245. Will. orn. 90. t. 20. Raj. av. 42. 

 Nozem. ned. vog. t. 3. — Merula faxatilis. Alcir. orn. ii. 630. — Nucifraga. Brill - , av. ii. 59. n. 1. t. 

 1. f. 1. — CafTe-noix. Buff. oif. iii. 122. t. 9. PL enl. n. 50. — "Waldftarl, Steinheher. Kram. el. 

 334. — Tannenheher. Frifch, av. t. 56. — Nufkraehe. Schranck. nat. xviii. 67. — Nufs-haeher. Gunth. 

 neft. t. 38. — Allonfkrika, Kornlkrika. Faun. fuec. n. 90. — Nutcracker. Brit. zool. ii. app. 625. 

 t. 3. Arct. zool. ii. 252. d. Lewin, brit. b. t. 40. Edw. av. t. 240. Lath. fyn. i. 400. n. 38. fup. 82. 



Inhabits Europe, Ruffia, Siberia, and as far as Kamtfchatka. — This fpecies, which is very rarely 

 found in Britain, chiefly inhabits pine forefts; it feeds on infe&s, berries, feeds, nuts, acorns, and par- 

 ticularly the kernels of the pine cones ; it builds in the hollows of trees, and refembles the Magpie 

 in its manners, being thirteen inches long. The crown of the head and the tail coverts are rufty 

 brown, like the body, but without any white fpots ; the ventlet is white ; the feathers ufually found 

 on the noftrils of the fpecies of this genus are frequently wanting in this fpecies; the tongue is double 

 pointed. 



630 24. Philippine Crow. — 19. Corvus BalicaJJius* II. 



Is greenifb. black, with a forked tail. Lath. ind. orn. i. 156. n. 13. 



C. nigro-viridens. Briff. av. ii. 31. n. 9. t. 2. f. 1. — Monedula philippenfis. Ger. orn. ii. 40. t. 

 154. — Choucas des philippines. Buff. oif. iii. 83. — Baiicaffe des philippines. PI. enl. n. 603. — Phi- 

 lippine Crow. Lath. fyn. i. 381. 



Inhabits the Philippine iflands, India, and at the Cape of Good Hope. — Is about the fize of the 

 Thrufh, and the tail. is near four inches long; it fings exceedingly well: The bill, legs, feet, and claws, 

 are black. A variety of this fpecies is fometimes found having the breaft clouded with white, and 

 the belly grey. 



631 29. New-guinea Crow. — 20. Corvus novae- guniene. 28. 



Is dufky afh, the frontlet, forehead, and tail, being black ; the hinder part of the back, 



the rump, belly, ventlet, and thighs, are white, tranfverfdy (beaked with black. 



C. novae-guineae. Lath. ind. orn. i. 156. n. 14. — Choucas de la nouvelle Guinee. Buff. oif. iii. 



80. PI. enl. n. 02<j. — New-guinea Crow. Lath. fyn. i. 381. n. 13. 



Inhabits 



