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OrpvEerR II.—OMNIVOR. 
Family CORVIDA. (Bonaparte.) 
Genus Pica. (Brisson.) 
Generic Characters.—Beak middle-sized and strong, compressed 
laterally, slightly arched, hooked at the tip, and garnished at 
its base with short stiff feathers; nostrils oblong; middle and 
external toe united at their origin. Wings short and rounded; ~~ 
first quill feather very short; fourth or fifth longest. Tail long 
and graduated. 
AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE. 
Pica Cyanea. 
Pica Cyanea, Wacter; Syst. Av. (1827.) 
ss a Bonaparte. Scuinz. ScHLEGEL. 
Corvus Cyanus, Patxas; App. to Voyage. (1776.) 
fs ss Latuam. GMeEtin. 
Garrulus Cyanus, TEMMINCK. 
Pica Cyana, KnysErLine Et Buastvs. 
ss a6 DEGLAND. 
Pie turdoides, Or THE FRENCH. 
Blaue Elster, Or THE GERMANS. 
Blue Crow, LatHam. 
Specific Characters—Head deep black; wings and tail blue; . 
apex of quill feathers white. Length of adult male and female — 
twelve to fourteen inches. } 
