Class II. 



MAGPIE. 



289 



Corvus Pica. Co albo nigroque 



varius, cauda cuneiformi. 



Lath. Ind. orn. 162. id. Syn. i. 



392. id. Sup. i. 8Q.id. Sup. ii, 



113. 

 La Pie. Belon av. 29 1 . 

 Pica varia et caudata. Gesner av. 



695. 

 Aldr. av. 1. 392. 

 The Magpie, or Pianet. Wil. 



orn. 127. 

 Rail Syn. av. 41. 

 La Pie. Brisson, ii. 35. Hist. 



tTois. iii. 85. PI. Enl 488. 



Gazza, Putta. Zinan. 66. 

 Corvus Pica. Gm. Lin. 373. 

 Skata, Skiura, Skara. Faun, 



Suec. 5p. 92. 

 Danish Skade, Huus Skade. 



Norv. Skior, Tunfugl. 



Brunnich 32. 

 Aelster. Frisch, L 58. 

 Alster. Kram. 335. 

 Praka. Scopoli, No. 38. 

 Br. Zool. 77- plate D. 2. ArcU 



Zool. i. 28Q. 



5. Magpie. 



J- HE great beauty of this very common bird 

 was so little attended to, that the editors of the 

 British Zoology thought fit to publish a print of 

 it after a painting by the celebrated Barlow. 

 The marks of this species are so well known, 

 that it would be impertinent to detain the reader 

 with the particulars. 



We shall only observe the colors of this bird; 

 its black, its white, its green, and purple, and 

 the rich and gilded combination of glosses on 

 the tail, are at lest equal to those that adorn the 

 plumage of any other of the feathered race. It 

 bears a great resemblance to the butcher-bird in 

 its bill, which has a sharp process near the end 

 of the upper mandible ; in the shortness of its 



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