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behind the neck, quite to the back, is a white mark, an inch broad, 



and three long, transversely barred with black ; back and scapulars 



ferruginous ; rump and upper tail coverts yellow ; under parts of 



the body white ; lesser wing coverts chestnut ; the middle ones green, 



with the edges deeper coloured ; greater coverts blue, with white 



edges and shafts ; quills blue green ; tail long and cuneiform, the 



two middle feathers exceed the outer ones by eight or ten inches ; 



colour blue, striated with white; legs red. 



The female differs in wanting the transverse stripes on the white 



mark at the back of the head, and the wing coverts green instead of 



blue. 



Said to inhabit the Caribbee Islands, and to be common about 



the rivers of Guadaloupe ; but according to Ray, is a bird of Persia. 



It certainly bears much resemblance to the two last described. 



20- RUFOUS CROW. 



Corvus rufus, Ind. Orn. i. 161. Daud ii. 245. Shaw's Zool. vii. 368. 

 Coracias vagabundus, Ind. Orn. i. 171. Daud. ii. 265. Shaw's Zool. vii. 397. 

 La Pie rousse, Levail. Ois. pJ.59. 

 Grey-tailed Roller, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 112. 

 Rufous Crow, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 112. 



LENGTH sixteen or seventeen inches. Bill strong, black, rather 

 bent and not notched ; tongue bifid ; nostrils covered with bristles ; 

 irides red; head and neck black, tinged with brown ; body and tail 

 coverts reddish brown ; wings black, with a broad grey stripe, which 

 includes the greater and smaller wing coverts near the body, and the 

 outer webs of four or five of the second quills ; under wing coverts 

 dirty white, tinged with brown; tail long, consisting of twelve 

 feathers, and is greatly cuneiform ; the outmost scarcely three inches 

 long, the two middle ones ten inches in the whole, but stand out 

 beyond any of the others at least four inches ; all the feathers are 



