352 BALD CROW. 



Said to inhabit CafFraria, but Levaillant observes 

 that he has never seen the bird in any part of 

 Africa, and imagines that its native country is still 

 unknown. 



PHILIPPINE CROW. 



Corvus Balicassius, C. mrescenti-ater cauda forficata* Lin, , 



Syst. Nat. 

 Greenish-black Crow with forked tail. 

 Philippine Crow. Lath. syn. 

 Le Choucas des Philippines. Briss, ois. 

 Le Balicasse des Philippines. Bitf. ois. PI, Ed. 603. 



Size of a Blackbird: bill and legs black. Native 

 of the Philippine isles, but said to occur also at 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



BALD CROW. 



Corvus calvus. C. ferrugineo-fuscus, subtus rvfescens, fade 



ultra oailos nuda. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Ferruginous -brown Crow^ rufescent beneath^ with the face 



bare beyond the eyes. 

 Le Choucas chauve. Buff* ois. PI. Enl, 52l» 

 Bald Crow. Lath. syn. 



Larger than a Jackdaw: length thirteen inches: 

 bill strong, slightly curved, and black: legs dusky: 

 native of Cayenne. The bareness of the front in 

 tliLS species is probably owing, like that of the 

 Rook, rather to abrasion of the natural covering. 



