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SENEGAL CROW. 



Corvns Senegalensis. C, mgro-violaceusj cauda longa cmeata, 

 remigibus rectricibusque subfemigineis. 



Violet-black Crow, with long cuneated tail, the wing and tail- 

 feathers subferruginous. 



Corvus Afer. C. violaceo'niger, cauda cuneiformi, Lin. Syst. 

 Nat. 



Corvus Senegalensis. C. nigro-violaceus, cauda cuneiformi, 



artubus nigris, Lin. St/st, Nat. 

 Senegal Crow. Lath. syn. 

 La Pie da Senegal. Buff. ois. PL Enl 538. 

 Le Piapiac. Levaill, ois. 



Size very nearly equal to that of the Magpie^ 

 but the tail longer, as well as narrower or sharper 

 in proportion. Native of Africa, building its nest 

 in the same manner as the Magpie, on the tops of 

 trees, defending it on, all sides with thorns, and 

 leaving only the entrance free. The female re- 

 sembles the male, but is rather smaller, and with 

 a somewhat shorter tail. According to BufFon 

 this species is found in Senegal; but Monsr. Le- 

 vaillant observed it in the country called the 

 Great Namaquas, and remarks tiiat it is the only 

 bird of the Magpie tribe that he has seen in any 

 part of Africa. 



