Magpie and Nest. 



MADGE HOWLET. — A name for the Barn Owl. 

 MAGPIE {Pica caudata, Ray.) 



Corvus pica, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 157. 13.— Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 373.— Raii, Syn. p. 41. 



A. l.— Will. p. 87. t. 19 — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. p. 162. 32 Briss. 2. p. 35. 1 



— lb. 8vo. 1. p. 164.— Pica caudata, Flem. Br. Anim. p. 87.— *Wils. Amer. 



Orn. 4. p. 75. pi. 35. f. 2.— La Pxe, Buff. Ois. 3. p. 85 lb. pi. Enl. 488.— 



Pie, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. p. 113 Garten-Grabe, Bechst. Naturg. Ueut. 2. 



p. 1267 — Frisch, Vbg. t. 58 — Magpie, Br. Zool. 1. No. 78—Arct. Zool. 2. 



No. GG.—Lewin's Br. Birds, t. 39 Will. (Angl.) p. 127. t. 19.— Lath. Syn. 



l.p.392. 29 — lb. Supp. p. 80 — Mont. Orn. Diet Bewick, Br. Birds. — Pult. 



Cat. Dorset, p. 5.— Don. Br. Birds, 4. t. 95 Shaw's Zool. 7. p. 369 * 



Provincial. — Madge. Hagister. Pyet. Pianet. 



This species is about eighteen inches in length ; weight between 



eight and nine ounces. Bill black ; irides hazel ; the breast, upper part 



of the belly, and scapulars, white ; the rest of the plumage black ; the 



wings and tail beautifully glossed with blue, green, and purple ; the ten 



