CORVUS PICA. 



MA G P 1 E. 



Generic Character. See Corvus Corax. 



Synonyms. 



Corvus Pica. Lin. Syjl. i. p. 157. 13. 



Magpie or Pianet. Br. Zool. 1. 78. lb. fol. p. 77. 



tab. D. 2. Lath. Syn. 1. p. 392. 29. Ib. fupt. 



p. 80. Mont. Orn. Dicl. Bewick's Br. Birds, 



Pt. l.p. 109. 



JL H I S well-known fpecies is near eighteen inches long, 

 and weighs about nine ounces. As we have no other fpecies 

 with which the prefent can be confounded, and the bird being 

 fo very generally known, any defcription of it may be deemed 

 fuperfluous. The female is rather fmallcr, and the tail is 

 fliorter than in the male. Colours alike in both fexes. 



The Magpie is one of the moft beautiful coloured birds 

 this country produces ; when in its wild ftate, its colours are 

 fo vivid and changeable, that they defy every attempt to 

 depii-ture them ; this changeable property is loft in great 

 meafure when the bird is confined. 



Few birds are more injurious to the farmer than this, as it 

 feeds on all kinds of young poultry, hares and rabbits, eggs, 



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