BIRDS. PIES. Crow. 643 



edges of the wing and tail quills have the fame purple glofs that enlivens the plumage of the head, 

 neck, and back. 



£>49 39. Caribean Crow. — ^^. Corvus caribaeus. 40. 



Is rufty above and white underneath, the neck being blue with a white collar. Lath, 

 ind. orn. i. 163. n. 35. 



Pica antillarum. Raj. av. 152* — Pica perfica aldrovandi ? Raj. av. 42. n. 6. Will. orn. 90. n. 

 1. — Galgulus antillarum. Brill", av. ii. 80. n. 6. — Pie des Antilles. Buff. oif. iii. 101. — Periian Pie. 

 Will. orn. angl. 132. n. 6. § 2. — Caribbean Crow. Lath. fyn. i. 395. n. 32. 



Inhabits the Weft India iilands. — Is about the fize of the Magpie : The bill, legs, and feet are 

 red ; the head is blue, having a longitudinal white band beginning at the front along the top of the 

 head and neck to the bottom of the fcrag; this in males is tranfverfely ftreaked with black; the rump 

 and upper tail coverts are yellow ; the tail is wedge-like, of a blue colour, and ftreaked with white ; 

 the wing quills are greenifh blue ; the leffer coverts are chefnut, the middle coverts green, and the 

 greater coverts blue, with whitifli fliafts and edges : In the female the white line on the head has no 

 black ftreaks, and the greater wing coverts rre green, with white fhafts and edges. 



650 40. African Crow. — 36. Corvus africanus, 41. 



Js brown above and fomewhat afh coloured underneath, the head and neck being purple, 

 and the tail wedge-like, with a white tip. Lath. ind. orn. i. 163. n. 34. Syn. i. 396. n. 33. 



Inhabits Africa. — Is twenty-two inches in length : The bill, legs, and feet, are red ; the head is 

 fomewhat crefted ; the feathers on the hind head have grey tips ; the outer edges of the wing quills 

 are bluifh. 



651 41. Mexican Crow. — 37. Corvus mexicanus. 42. 



Is entirely bluifh black. Lath. ind. orn. i. 164. n. 36. Syn. i. 396. n. 34. 



Pica mexicana major. Briff. av. ii. 43. n. 4. — Hoitzanatl. Raj. av. 162. — Hocifana. Buff, oif, iii. 

 103. — Criard. Pernett. voy. i. 185. 



Inhabits Mexico and New-fpain. — This fpecies, which is about the fize of a Jackdaw, lives near 

 the towns, and is very reftlefs and perpetually chattering ; the bill, legs, feet, and claws, are black. 



052 42. Surinam Crow. — 38. Corvus furlnamenfis. 43. 



Is fhining green, with a blue hind head, having a pale green fpot on the fcrag and two 

 . others on each fide of the head, one above and the other below the orbit. 



C. argyrophthalmus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 164. n. 38. — Surinam Daw. Brown, illuftr. t. 10. — Su- 

 rinam Crow. Lath. fyn. i. 397. n. 35. fyn. 81. 



Inhabits Surinam. — Is as large as the Carrion Crow : The green colour of the body is deep, 

 fhining, and changeable ; the primary wing quills are dinky, with blue tips ; the tail is duiky ; the 

 bill is blackifh or duiky ; the legs and feet are carnation red. Mr Latham conjoins this with the 

 Carthagena Crow, N°. 619. which feems to differ very effentially ; he adds that it is eafily tamed, 

 ar.d has a monotonous voice. 



