BIRDS. PIES. Crow. 641 



Inhabits Siberia. — Is ten inches long : The bill is dufky; the front, chin, and throat, are pale afh; 

 the crown is brownifh black, and is fomewhat crefted ; the rump is rufty orange coloured ; the legs 

 and feet are afh coloured. Mr Latham confiders this fpecies as a variety of the Rock Shrike, N°. 324. 

 ■which he places among the Crows, in his Index Ornithologicus. 



641 34. Peruvian Crow. — 29. Corvus peruvianus. 37. 



Is pale green above and pale yellow underneath ; having a white crown, a black nar- 

 row band down the chin and throat ; and the three outer tail quills on each fide be- 

 ing yellow. 



C. peruvianus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 161. n. 30. — Geay de Perou. Buff. oif. iii. 116. n. 2. PI. enl. 

 n. 625. — Peruvian Jay. Lath. fyn. i. 391. n. 27. 



Inhabits Peru. — Is eleven inches and a half long : The bill, legs, and feet, are blackifh ; the bafe 

 of the bill is furrounded by a blue line ; the whole under part of the throat is filky and perfeftly 

 black ; -the tail is very long and wedge-like. 



642 35. Yeilow-bellied Crow. — 30. Corvus Jlavus. 38. 



Is greenifh brown above and yellow underneath ; the chin and eyebrows being white, 

 and the wings and tail reddifh brown. 



C. flavigafter. Lath. ind. orn. i. 162. n. 31. — Garlu, Geay a ventre jaune. Buff. oif. iii. 119. 

 PI. enl. n. 249. — Yellow-bellied Jay. Lath. fyn. i. 392. n. 28. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — Is nine inches long : The bill is black ; the crown of the head is marked with 

 a longitudinal golden yellow fcreak ; the legs and feet are fhort, {lender, and leaden coloured, or 

 blackifh. 



643 - 36. Blue Crow. — 32. Corvus cyaneus. 39. 



Is afh coloured, with a fhining black crown, the wings and tail being blue ; the tail 

 quills are very long, and tipt with white. Pall. it. iii. 694. n. 7. 

 C. cyanus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 159. n. 21. — Blue Crow. Lath. fyn. i. 394. n. 30. 



Inhabits Dauria, in the eatt of Ruffia. — This fpecies is about the fize of the Rock Shrike, N°. 324. 

 and refembles the Magpie in manners and general appearance ; it is clamorous, fliy, and cunning ; it 

 builds in fhrubs and willows ; it migrates in flocks into Dauria in April, but we are not told whence 

 it comes : The under parts of the body are rather paler than the upper ; the blacknefs of the crown 

 reaches to the nape of the neck ; the tail is wedge -like and very long, the middle quills being tipt 

 with white. 



644 37. Magpie. —3 3. Corvus Pica. 13. 



Has a long wedge-like tail, and is varied with black and white. Scop. an. i. 38. n. 41. 



C. Pica. Lath. ind. orn. i. 162. n. 32. Ger. orn. ii. 40. t. 155. Borowik. nat. ii. 109. n. 10. 

 Schaef. el. t. 56.— Pica. Nozem. neder. vog. t. 2. — Pica varia, Pica caudata. Gefn. av. 695. Aldr. 

 orn. i. 784. t. p. 785. Johnft. av. 44. t. 17. Briff. av. ii. 35. n. 1. — Pica rufticorum. Klein, av. 60. 



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