C40 BIRDS. PIES. Crow. 



C. pacificus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 157. n. 16. — Pacific Crow. Lath. fyn. i. 383. n. 17. 



Inhabits the iflands in the Pacific ocean. — Is ten inches and a half long ; the bill, legs, feet, and 

 claws, are black ; the front and chin are paler than the reft of the body ; the two middle tail quills 

 are entirely black. 



®37 30. Tropic Crow. — 25. Corvus tropicus. 33. 



Is filming black, with a rounded tail, the ventlet and fides of the belly being fpctted 

 with white. Lath. ind. orn. i. 157. n. 17. 

 Tropic Raven. Cook's laft voy. iii. 1 19 ? — Tropic Crow. Lath. fyn. i. 384. n. 18. 



Inhabits Owhyhee, one of the Sandwich iflands. — Is twelve inches and a half long ; the bill is 

 broad at the bafe, and meafures an inch and a half in length ; the black of the upper parts of the 

 body is very fplendid, on the wings and tail it has a greenilh caft, and the lower parts of the body 

 are dull black ; the legs, feet, and claws, are black. 



6jS 31. Red-billed Crow. — 26. Corvus erythrorhynchos. 34. 



Is brown, with a violet tinge above, and whitifh underneath ; the front, under part of 

 rhe throat and bread, being black; the tail is wedge-like, having a violet tinge at the 

 bafe, its middle black, and tip white. Lath. ind. orn. i. 161. n. 29. 

 Geay a. bee rouge. Buff. oif. iii. 115. PI. enl. 622. — Red-billed Jay. Lath. fyn. i. 290. n. 24. 



Inhabits China. — Is about the fize of the Jay : The front, throat, and breaft are extremely black ; 

 the hind head and fcrag are light grey ; the primary wing quills referable the tail quills, being tinged 

 with violet at the roots, black in the middle, and tipt with white ; the bill, legs, and feet, are red ; 

 the claws are long, hooked, and whitifh, with black tips. 



639 32. Chinefe Crow. — 27. Corvus finenfis. $5. 



Is reddifh above, with a brown crown, and white eyebrows; the tail is brown and 

 wedge-like, with a narrow tranfverfe black band near the tip, and having a roundifli 

 dirty white fpot near the tip of each quill. 

 Chinefe Jay. Lath. fyn. i. 390. n. 25. 



Inhabits China. — Refembles the Jay both in fize and general manners : The bill is lead coloured, 

 as are the legs and feet ; the face has a black line croffing the orbits ; the temples are each marked 

 with a fpot of mixed white and bluifh furrounded by a black circle; the chin is white; the fecondary 

 wing quills are brown. 



640 2)3- Siberian Crow. — 28. Corvus fibincus. 36. 



Is afh coloured above and rufty orange underneath, the wing quilis and two middle 

 tail quills being afh coloured, and the reft: of the tail quills orange. Lath. ind. orn. i. 

 159. n. 22. p. 



Geay de fibeiie. Buff. oif. iii. 118. PI. enl. n. 6&8. — Siberian Jay. Lath. fyn. i. 391. n. 26. 



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