64 crow. 



According to Jacquin, the general colour of the plumage is 

 black; irides silvery; above and beneath the eye a blue spot; breast 

 and outer part of the wing, the colour of Prussian blue; tip of the 

 tail white; bill and legs black. 



The first mentioned was in the collection of the late Mr. Tunstall ; 

 the latter said to inhabit Carthagena, in South America, and there 

 called Oiseau de Plata; has a monotonous voice, frequents woods, 

 is easily tamed, and often kept in houses. 



69— CLARK'S CROW. 



Covvus Columbianus, Clark's Crow, Amer. Orn. iii. pi. 20. f. 2. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill dark brown ; the general colour 

 of the head, neck, and body, light silky drab, darkening almost to a 

 Dove-colour on the breast and belly, vent white ; the wings, two 

 middle tail feathers, and inner vanes of the next, except at the tip, 

 black, glossed with steel blue ; the second quills except three next 

 the body, white for one inch at the extremities, forming a large bed 

 of white, when the wing is closed; tail rounded, yet the two middle 

 feathers are shorter than those adjoining, all the rest pure white; legs 

 black ; claws hooked, particularly the middle and hinder one; the 

 quills, when closed, reach to the end of the tail. 



Said to inhabit the banks of Columbia, and country adjacent, 

 in great numbers ; frequenting the river and sea shore, where it pro- 

 bably feeds on fish. It greatly resembles our Jackdaw, but the claws 

 are formidable, and most likely enable it to strike living animals. 



