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Order II.— OMNIVOILE. 



Family CORVID^E. ( Bonaparte. ) 



Genus Corvus. ( Linnceus.J 



Generic Characters. — Beak straight to its base, thick, com- 

 pressed laterally, bent towards the tip, edges cutting. Nostrils 

 basal, open, hidden by hairs, and directed forwards. Three 

 toes before and one behind, nearly completely divided. Tarsi 

 longer than the middle toe. "Wings acuminated; first quill 

 feather least in length, second and third shorter than the 

 fourth, which is the longest. 



BLACK JACKDAW. 



Corvus monedula-nigra. 



Corvus monedula-nigra, Fbisch. Vobst. dee Vogel 



Deuts. 1739-63. 



" " LlNNiEUS. GMELIN. BbiSSON; 



• Ornith., v. ii., p. 28. 1760. 

 " Schlegel; Bevue. 1844 



spermolegus, Vieillot; Diet. 1817. 



" Temminck; Man. 1835. 



" Keyseeling et Blasius. 



" Schinz. Degland. 



Specific Characters. — First quill feather longer than the ninth; 

 second shorter than the fifth; third and fourth equal. Length 

 twelve inches six lines. — Temminck. 



