50 CROW. 



49.— HOTTENTOT CROW. 



Corvus Hottentottus, Ind.Orn.i. 156. Lin. i., 155. Gm.Lin.i. 364. Bor. Nat. ii. 



103. Daaef.ii. 234. TTmnJ. TYaw. ii. p. 11. SAaiu's Zool. vii. 351. 

 Monedula Cap. B. Spei, Bris. ii. 33. t. 2. f. 2. itf. 8vo. i. 263. Gerin. ii. 36. 1. 148. 

 Choucas moustache, Buf. iii. 79. PI. enl. 226. 

 Hottentot Crow, Gen. Syn. i. 380. 



SIZE of a Blackbird ; length eleven inches and a quarter. Bill 

 black, a little bent, about the nostrils feathers like black velvet ; 

 above them arise some long hairs, above three inches in length, and 

 others shorter, and stiff like bristles, at the corners of the mouth ; the 

 feathers on the head, throat, and neck shining black green ; those on 

 the upper part of the neck narrow, and longer than the rest, falling 

 over the back, and waving with every motion thereof; the rest of the 

 plumage greenish black, appearing in some lights blue ; legs black; 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. — M. Thunberg saw these sitting 

 on the backs of cows at Honingklipp, and picking the ticks from 

 them ; they are also accustomed to take the wheat out of the field, 

 immediately after it is sown. 



50— SIX-SHAFTED CROW. 



Corvus crinitus, Daud. ii. 253. 



— — — sexsetaceus, Share's Zool. vii. p. 380. 



Le Sicrin, Leoail. Afr. ii. 127. pi. 82. 



THIS, in make, shape, and size, resembles the Alpine Crow. Bill 

 yellow, inclining to orange about the nostrils, which are not quite 

 covered with hairs ; feathers of the head soft, and elongated into a 

 sort of crest; the plumage in general glossy blacky varying in some 

 lights to green on the wings and tail ; over the eyes ferruginous, 



