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MEXICAN CROW. 



Corvus Mexicanas. C. totus ex mmleo atcr. Lm, Gmel, 

 Crow entirely of a blue black. 

 L'Hocisana. J^yff. ois. 

 Mexican Crow. Lath, sj/n. 



Size of a Jackdaw: bill and legs black: claws 

 long: Native of Mexico, and said to be a bird of 

 a restless and noisy disposition. 



SILVER- EYED CROW. 



Corvus argyropthalmus. C. niger, pectore cyaneo, oculis ar^ 

 genteiSf cauda apice alba, rostro pedibusque nigris. Lin. Gmel, 

 Jacq. Beytr. z. Ges. der Voeg. 



Black Daw, with blue breast, silvery eyes, tail tipped with 

 white, and black bill and legs. 



Described by Jacquiii, and said to be of the 

 size of a Jay. Native of South America, inhabit- 

 ing the deep v/oods of Carthagena, and feeding on 

 fruits, seeds, and insects: above and beneath the 

 eyes is a blue spot, and the wings are blue jtowards 

 the tips. This species seems to be the Surinam 

 Daw of Mr. Latham, and is twice described in 

 the Gmelian edition of the Systema Naturae, viz. 

 first as above, under the name of Corvus argyrop- 

 thalmus^ and again under that of Corvus Surina- 

 mensis. 



