RED-WINGED CROW. S73 



exact boundaries of most of the established genera 

 very difficult to ascertain. The size of the present 

 bird seems equal to that of the Missel Thrush, and 

 its colour as described in the specific character: 

 the bill moderately strong, black, and coated with 

 small plumes at the base: the legs black: the tail 

 cuneated as in the Magpie : the length of the bird 

 is about eleven inches. It is figured by Monsr. 

 Levaillant from a specimen in a collection at 

 Amsterdam, but the native country and history 

 were unknown. Monsr. Levaillant however con- 

 jectures that it is an iVfrican bird. 



RED-WINGED CROW. 



Corvus rufipennis. C. niger, alis caudaque cuneata viridi-niten" 

 tibus, remigibus primoribus rufis apice nigricantibus. 



Black Crowj with the wings and cuneated tail glossed with 

 green, the greater quill-feathers rufous with blackish tips. 



Le Roupenne. LevailL ois, 



African Thrush. Lath. syn. 



Merle du Cap de Bonne Esperance. PI. Enl. igg. 



This is the bird somewhat imperfectly described 

 and figured in the works of Brisson and Buffon 

 under the title of Merle and Jaunoir du Cape de 

 Bonne Esperance; and is the African Thrush of 

 Mr. Latham. Its size is similar to that of the 

 immediately preceding species: the bill and legs 

 are black: the irides hazel: the female is rather 

 smaller than the male, of a more dusky colour, 

 ^nd with somewhat shorter tail: in this sex also 



