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nape ; chin white, from thence to vent yellow ; down the middle of 

 the crown a golden yellow streak ; over each eye, from the nostrils, a 

 streak of white ; wings and tail reddish brown, margins of the 

 feathers paler ; legs slender, short, and lead-coloured. 



Inhabits Cayenne. We have hitherto only seen figures of this 

 bird, and it may admit of a doubt, whether it is different from the 

 Brazilian Shrike; for if we compare Nos.213 & 249, of the PI. enlum. 

 very little difference will appear as to distribution of colours, however 

 essentially they may be from each other in the bill ; we are certain, 

 from a specimen in our possession of the former, that this part in the 

 PI. enlum. is much exaggerated, nor does the bill in 249, convey any 

 other idea than belonging to the Crow Genus ; hence we can only 

 recommend the two birds in question to future investigation. 



65— LESSER MEXICAN CROW. 



Corvus Zanoe, Ind. Orn. i. 164. Gm. Lin. i. 375. Shaw's Zool. vii. 367. 



Sturnus Zanoe, Daud. ii. 319. 



Pica Mexicana minor, Bris. ii. 44. Id. 8vo. i. 167. 



Tzanahoei, Rati. 162. Buf. iii. 106. 



Lesser Mexican Crow, Gen. Syn. i. 397. 



SIZE of a Magpie. Bill black ; plumage in general blackish, 

 but the head and neck incline to fulvous ; tail very long ; legs black. 



Inhabits Mexico, has the manners and cunning of the Magpie, 

 learning to talk like that bird ; said to cry like a Starling, from 

 which circumstance, we may suppose, M. Daudin thought fit to place 

 it in that Genus. 



