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MACAO CROW. 



Corvus Sinensis. C. cinereo-gristus dorso fectricihus alarum 

 crissoque rufis, sincipite nigro, remigibus caudaque nigris, 

 secundariis albo himaculatis , Lath. ind. orn. 



Cinereous-grey Crow, with rufous back wing-coverts and vent, 

 black forehead, wing-feathers and tail, the secondaries mark- 

 ed by a pair of white spots. 



La Pie de Macao. Sonner. voy. ind. 



Macao Crow. Lath, syn, suppl. 



Size a third less than that of a Magpie: bill 

 and legs black: prime quills black; secondaries 

 greenish black: on the first two white spots, one 

 without, the other within. Said to inhabit the 

 island of Macao. 



MAGPIE. 



Corvus Pica. C. niger purpurea mridique nitens, scapularihus 

 pec fore abdomine remigibusque intus albis, cauda elongata 

 cuneata. 



Black Crow with purple and green reflexions, the scapular- 

 feathers, breast, belly and inside of the wing-feathers white; 

 the tail lengthened and cuneated. 



Corvus Pica. C. albo nigroque vaiius, cauda cuneiformi. Lin. 

 Syst. Nat. 



The Magpie or Pianet. Will. orn. 



La Pie. Buf. ois. PI. Enl. 488. 



Magpie. Penn. Brit. Zool. edit.fol, 77- pi. D. 2. 



The general appearance and manners of this bird 

 a^e so well known in our own country as almost 

 to supersede the necessity of any description. Its 



