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GOLDEN-GREEN CROW. 



Corvus aureo-viridis. C. aureo-viridis violaceo cupreoque nitens, 



Cauda cuneata longissima. 

 Gold-green Crow, with violet and copper- coloured glosses, 



and very long cuneated tail. 

 Merle a longue queue du Senegal. Buf. ois. PL EnL 220, 

 Turdus aeneus. Lin, Gmel, 

 Glossy Thrush. Lath, syn, 

 Le Vert-Dore. Levaill. oi». 



This elegant bird is nearly of the size of a 

 Jackdaw, but the tail is more than half as long 

 again as the rest of the bird, measuring about 

 fifteen inches in length: the general colour of the 

 whole bird is a rich yellowish green, changing, 

 according to the direction of the light, into a deep 

 golden-green ; the head, neck, and throat are dark- 

 green, appearing blackish in some lights accom- 

 panied by a cast of violet: the wing coverts are 

 each marked by a spot which in particular lights 

 appears of a velvet-black colour, and as if em- 

 bossed; but which totally disappear in a different 

 light : the breast and under parts are glossed with 

 copper- colour and violet; but the tail exhibits a 

 greater variety of iridescent hues than any other 

 part of the bird, and appears still more elegant by 

 seeming traversed in particular views by numer- 

 ous dusky undulations throughout its whole length: 

 the bill and legs are black, and the irides reddish 

 hazel-colour. This fine bird has long ago been 

 imperfectly described by Brisson and Buffon, and 

 figured, from a defective specimen, in the Planches 



