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CROW. 



and breast black, the feathers appearing like velvet ; from thence to 

 the vent yellow ; back, wings, and two middle tail feathers green, 

 the others yellow ; shape of the tail cuneiform, pretty long ; legs 

 dusky. Inhabits Peru. 



63 — PARAGUAN JAY. 



L'Acahe, Voy. d'Azra, iii. No. 53. 



THIS is thirteen inches and a half long. Bill black, strong, 

 and strait, nostrils covered with feathers ; the top and sides of the 

 head black, soft, and velvety ; a pale blue patch on the hind head, 

 reaching an inch on the neck ; another over the eye like an eyebrow, 

 a third on the lower eyelid, and a fourth at the base of the under 

 mandible; the top and sides of the head, whole neck, all the upper 

 parts and tail deep blue, end of the last white ; under parts of the 

 body yellow in the male, and whitish in the female ; legs black. 



M. D'Azara thinks this to be the Peruvian Jay, but M. Sonnini 

 esteems it distinct, and a new species ; it certainly differs from that 

 bird in many points, but possibly may be an incomplete specimen. 



It is said to be common in Paraguay ; comes near habitations, 

 and is often domesticated; the nest is not known, but a pair in 

 confinement produced eggs, which were whitish, inclining to dull 

 blue at the large end, and every where spotted with brown. 



64— YELLOW-BELLIED JAY. 



Corvus flavigaster, Ind. Orn. i. 162. Gm. Lin. i. 373. 



Le Garlu, ou Geay a Ventre jaune, Buf. iii. 119: PI. enl. 249. 



Yellow-bellied Jay, Gen. Syn. i. 392. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill stout, dusky black ; plumage on 

 the upper parts of the body greenish brown, darker on the head and 



