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BIRDS. PICE. 4, Corvus. 



Butcher-bird. Br. Zool.t, 33. Lewin t. 19. Donovan t. 87. 



.fttf blackish : iris dusky : wi<?«M bcfct with strong bristles : from 

 the bafe of the bill acrofs the eyes a blarkish stripe : head, neck, and 

 bacn hoary-grey : fcapulars white • wings hardly as long as the 

 rump, the coverts black: quill-feathers black, with a broad white 

 band, fome of them tipt with white : throat breast and belly dirty- 

 white : 2 middle tail-feathers black, the others becoming whiter, the 

 outer-ones white : tegs black. Female with tranfverfe femicircular 

 brown lines on the breast and belly. 



33. L. Collurio. Tail wedge-form, white at the edges: 

 head and neel* pale cinereous : back and wing-coverts 

 bright ferruginous. 



Red-backed Shrike. Lewin t. 30. Albin 2. t. 14. Walcot t. 30. 



length 7 inches and a half -.extent 1 1 inrhes : weight 2 ounces. 



Bill lead-colour : iris hazel : from the bill through the eyes a black- 

 ish stripe : fcapulars bright ferruginous : quill-feathers brown, with 

 a lighter edge on the outer-webs : rump pale grey : from the chin 

 downwards pale blofsom colour: vent white: middle tail-feathers 

 black, the rest white on the outer edge, the 2 outermost nearly all 

 white: legs dark brown. Female with tranfverfe femicircular 

 brown lines : upper-part of the head and neck ferruginous ; tail fer- 

 Tuginous, dusky near the end. 



34. L. rutins. Tail wedge-form : head, neck and back 

 ferrugnous: shoulders white: quill-feathers black, 

 with a whitish spot near the t'p. 



Wood-chat. Lewin t. 31. Donovan t. 84. Waleott.^x. 



About the size of the last. Bill horn-colour, with whitifh fea- 

 thers at the bafe : iris hazel : from the ba>e of the bill through the 

 eyes a blackish stripe: upper-part of the back dusky: wing-coverts 

 dusky : from the chin downwards yellowish-white : tail-feathers 

 blackish, the margins and tips whitish, except the 2 middle-ones: 

 legs dusky. Female, head and neck reddish with brown tranfverfe 

 lines, beneath dirty-white with brown curved tranfverfe lines : tail 

 reddish-brown, with a dark band near the end, and tipt with red. 



ORDER II. PIC^E. 



4 CORVUS. Croiv. 



35. C. Corax. Deep black; the upper-parts with a 

 bluish glass : tail a little rounded. 



Raven. Lewin *. 32. Albin i.t.zc. Walcot t. ^SU 

 Length nearly 2 feet : extent 4 feet : weight 3 pounds. 

 Bill blackish, strong, thick, nearly 3 inches long : nostrils covered. 



with bristles reaching halfway down the bill: iris dusky : under- 



parts dusky, without glofs : legs black. Sometimes found pied, or 



entirely white. 



36. C. Corv?ie. Deep black, with a bluish gloss all oyer: 

 tail rounded, with the feafhers po ; n!ed. 



Carrion Crow. Br. Zool.t. 34. Lezvint.33. Walcot t. 33. 



Length 18 inches : extent 26 inches : weight 20 ounces. 

 Bill black, a little convex near the tip : nostrils covered with bris> 

 ties: iris dusky : plumage black, with a violet-blue glofs, lefs shi- 

 ning underneath : /egs black. 



37. C.frugdegus. Deep black, with a bluish gloss above: 

 front bare of feathers and grey: tail a little 

 rounded. 



Rook. Lewin t. 34. Albin 2. /. 2<2. Walcot t. 34. 



Rather larger than the last. Bill black, gradually tapering: iris. 

 dusky : n ostrils without bristles; above the bale of the bill, ber- 



