BIRDS. VICJE. 4, Corvus. Si 



twecn that, and the eyes, and thence to t,he chin, whitish fcurfy 

 and hare of feathers in the old birds : legs black : inner-edge of the 

 middle-claw ferrate. 



38. C. Comix, Light ash-colour: head, throat, wings, 

 and tail glossy blnish-b'ack. 



Hooded crow, Lewin n. 35. Donovan t. 117. Walcot t. 3,5. 



Length 22.inches : extent nearly 3 feet: weight 22.ounces. 



Bill a little convex : head, under-side of the neck, point of the 

 breast, wings tail and legs, glofsy violet-bla< k, the other parts pale 

 cinereous. Female with the throat bluish-grey. 



39. C. Moneduh. Palo biuish-biack : hind-head and 

 back of he neck grey : fron*, wings, and tail black. 



Jackdaw. Lewin t. 36. Albin \.t. 14. Walcot t. 36. 



Length 13 inches : extent 28 inches : iveight 9 ounces. 



Bill a little curved at the point : iris light-grey : tail slightly 

 rounded : legs blackish, is fometirnes found without the grey on 

 the head and neck, fometirhes mixed black and white, or entirely 

 white. 



40. C. glandaiius. Vin:;ceous buff-colour: head white 

 with black strokes : wing-coverts with blue and black 

 bars : fail black. 



Jay. Lewin t. 38. Donovan t. 2.34; Walcot t. 37. 



Length 13 inches : extent 21 inches : weight 7 ounces. 



Bill dusky : iris whitish : under the eyes a broad black streak 

 from the angles of the mouth : chin whitish : crown with long fea- 

 thers, capable of being erected into a crest : greater wing-coverts 

 blue with tranfverfe black and white lines ; lesser-ones bay, the rest 

 black : greater quill-feathers dusky, grey on the outer-webs, except 

 the first ; 6 fecondary-ones black, the outer-webs white near the 

 bafe, and tinged with blue ; 2 next black ;. thofe next the body are 

 tipt with black : rump and tail-coverts, white : legs pale brown : 

 claws dusky. 



41* C. Pica. Black, with a blue green and purple gloss: 

 scapulars, breas^ and upper part of the belly white : 

 tail long* wedge-form. 



Magpie. Lewin t. 40.. Donovan, f. 9,5. Walcot t. 39. 



Length 18 inches : extent 22 inches : weight about 9 ounces. 



Bill dusky : eyes dark-brown : vent black: 10 first quill-feathers, 

 white on the middle of the inner-webs : tail 9 inches and a half 

 long, and like the wings with a rich variable glofs of blue, green, 

 and purple : legs and claws, black.. 



42. C. caryocatactes. Rusty-brown* with triangular white 

 spots : crown and wings blackish : tail blackish, tipt 

 with white, the middle feathers as if worn. 



Nutcracker. Br. Zool. app. t. 3. Lewin t. 37. Donovan t. So. 



Length 4 inches : extent 21 inches -weight 



Bill dusky : iris hazel : upper-part of the head and nupe black- 

 ish : vent white : tail rounded: legs dusky : claws black. 



43. C. Graculus* Biack, with a violet gloss : bill and legs 

 orange-red* 



Red-legged Crow. Chough. Br. Zool. t. 35. Lewin t, 39, Wale. t. 40. 



Length 16 inches : extent 33 inches : weig/U 13 ounces 

 . Bill nearly 2 inches long, curved, slender,, sharp-pointed : iris ha-- 

 zel : bristles at the bafe of the bill not coveting the noftrils : legs 

 long, slender ; claws black. 



5. CORACIAS. Roller.. 



41. C.garrula. Head, neck, breast and belly pale bluish 

 green; back and scapulars red-brown: coverts on 



