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steller's crow. 



Coi*vus Stelleri. C. cristatus purpureo-nigricans, ahdomine 

 ccerukscente, alis medio cccruleis nigro fasciatis, cauda cuneata 

 ccerulea. 



Purple-blackish Crow, with blueish abdomen, witigs blue in 

 the middle and barred with blacky and cuneated blue tail. 



Corvus Stelleri. C. corpore supra nigro y subtus, alis, caudaque 

 longa cuneiformi cceruleis, capite cristato. Lin, GmeL 



S teller's Crow. Lath, syn. 



Size of the European Jay: length fifteen inches: 

 bill and legs black : smaller quill-feathers deep 

 blue, with eight or nine black bars. Native of 

 North America. 



CINEREOUS CROW. 



Corvus Canadensis. C.fuscus, subtus cinerascenSy front e gulaque 



flaUescentibuSj cauda apice alba. 

 Brown Crow, pale cinereous beneath, with yellowish forehead 



and throat, and tail tipped with white. 

 Corvus Canadensis. C. fuscus, fronte Jiavicante, subtus rectri- 



cumque apicibus albidis, Lin, Syst. Nat. 

 Geai bran de Canada. Buff, ois, PI. Enl. 530. 



Smaller than the English Jay: bill, legs, and 

 claws blackish: tail slightly cuneated. Native of 

 Canada, building in pine-trees: manners similar 

 to those of a Magpie. 



