AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE. 143 
colour as follows:—One hundred and thirty-five were 
of the natural colour, that is, dirty white, more or less 
clear, with spots of olive brown and dark green, 
particularly at the greatest end. Twenty-seven had 
few spots, and a well marked circlet at the greatest 
end. Four with a circlet well-marked at the smaller 
end, of which one had the rest covered with spots. 
Eleven were finely dotted, principally at the larger 
end. Four had three or four dots slightly marked 
about the large end. ‘Three were greenish, without 
spots. Two bluish, without spots. One dirty white, 
without spots, and a slight blue shade. 
The Azure-winged Magpie is stated by Latham to 
build its nest in the same manner as the Common 
Magpie, which will give the above quotations sufficient 
interest to justify my inserting them here. He also 
says that it is a very timorous bird, and withal a noisy, 
crafty, clamorous species. It appears in the eastern 
part of Asia in flocks in April. 
The adult male and female have the top of the head 
as far as the nape a deep glossy black; mantle, back, 
and scapularies, ash-colour; throat and front of neck 
pure white; crop, flanks, and belly, greyish ash, whiter 
in the middle; wings and tail of a brilliant azure blue; 
quill feathers black, the first entirely, but the rest 
bordered with azure at the base, and tipped at the 
poimts with white; first quill feather half as long as 
the second. Tail blue, tipped with white. Beak and 
feet black. 
Figured by Gould, Azure-winged Magpie. 
