BIRDS. PIES. Crow. 639 



Inhabits New-guinea. — Is about the fize of the Jackdaw, meafuring twelve inches in length ; the 

 bill is blackifh ; the fides of the head have each a black ftroke or bar acrofs the orbits, and another 

 behind the eyes ; the wings are blackifh, the feathers being edged with white ; the legs and feet are 

 fhort and dufky. 



(I. Blue-headed New-guinea Crow. — C. novae-guineae caerulefcens. 



Is afh coloured, the head and neck being bluifh ; the bread and belly are pale rufty. 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 156. n. 14. /3. Syn. fup. 78. 



Inhabits with the former. — Is rather larger, meafuring thirteen inches in length: The bill is black; 

 the frontlet is black ; the face on each fide has a black bar acrofs the orbits ; the irides are reddifh ; 

 the legs and feet are reddifh brown, and extremely wrinkly. 



26. Papuan Crow. — 21. Corvus papucnfis. 29. 



Is grey afli, with a white belly, the wing quills being blackifh brown. Lath. ind. orn. i. 

 157. n. 15. 



Choucari de la nouvelle Guinee. Buff. oif. iii. 81. PI. enl. n. 630. — Papuan Crow. Lath. fyn. 

 i. 381. n. 14. 



Inhabits New-guinea. — Is eleven inches long : The bill is pale yellow, and near an inch long, its 

 upper mandible being angular on the back ; an oval black fpot on each fide furrounds the eyes ; the 

 legs and feet are fmall and afh coloured, with fhort claws. 



27. Bare-necked Crow. — 22. Corvus nudus. 30. 



Is black, the feathers on the head being downy j the hind head and part of the neck 

 being generally bare. 



Gracula nuda. Lath. ind. orn. i. 190. n. 4. — Colnud de Cayenne. Buff*, oif. iii. 82. PI. enl. n- 

 609. — Bare-necked Crow. Lath. fyn. i. 382. n. 15. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — Is about the fize of a Jackdaw : The bill is yellowifh, tipt with black, its bafe 

 being broad and dirty blue, with pervious noftrils ; fome of the outer wing quills are flightly greyifh.; 

 the legs and feet are yellow ; the tail is equal at the end. 



28. Bald Crow. — 23. Corvus calvus. 31. 



Is rufty brown, the front and crown being bald. Lath- ind. orn. i. 153. n. 6. 



Choucas chauve. Buff. oif. iii. 80. PI. enl. n. 521. — Bald Crow. Lath. fyn. i. 386. n. 16. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — Is thirteen inches long : The bill is dirty black, and fomewhat bent ; the co- 

 lour of the under parts of the body and of the tail coverts is rather paler than on the upper parts ;, 

 the legs and feet are dufky. 



29. Pacific Crow. — 24. Corvus pacificus. 32. 



Is afh coloured, the under parts being bay or reddifh; the hind head, fcrag, wings, and 

 tail, are black, the two laft being tipt with whit€. 



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