PLATE CCIX. 



CORVUS FRUGI LEGUS 

 ROOK. 



PlCiE. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill convex, {harp-edged : noftrils covered with fetaceous recum- 

 bent feathers : tongue cartilaginous, bifid : feet formed for walking. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Black, front fomewhat cinereous : tail roundifh. 



Corvus Frugilegus : ater, fronte cinerafcente, cauda fubrotun- 

 data. Linn. Syft. I. p. 156. 4. — Fn. Suec 

 N° 85.—Gmel. Syft. Nat. I. p. 366.— Lath* 

 Ind. Orn. 152. 5. 



Cornix nigra frugilega. Raii Syn. p. 83. A. 3.—TVHL p. 84. t. J8. 

 —Frifch. t. 64. 



Cornix frugilega. Brif. li.'jp. 16. 3. — Id. I. p. 158 — Klein av. 

 p. 59. 3. 



Le Freux, ou la Frayonne. Buff. 111. p. 55. PI. Enl. 484. 



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