ROSE-BfiLLiED CRO^V". 37? 



Enlumin^es. The female differs in being smaller 

 than the male, and in having a shorter tail in pro- 

 portion: its colours are also less brilliant. This 

 beautiful species is of a gregarious nature, as- 

 sembling in vast flocks, and alighting on such 

 trees as afford the particular berries or fruits on 

 which it delights to feed. It also feeds on worms 

 and insects, and while running along the ground 

 raises its tail in the manner of a Magpie. When 

 a flight is settled, it continues in constant chatter, 

 like a flight of Starlings. Monsr. Levaillant con- 

 siders this as a migratory species, visiting various 

 regions at particular seasons on account of par- 

 ticular berries and fruits. Monsr. Levaillant ob- 

 served it in the country of the Namaquas. 



ROSE-BELLIED CROW. 



Corvus ventralis* C. niger cceruleo nitens, abdomine rosea, Cauda 



longissima cuneata. 

 Black Crow, with blue glosses, rose-coloured abdomen^ and 



very long cuneated tail. 

 La Pie a culotte de peau. LevailL ois* 



Size of a Blackbird, but with tail half as long 

 again as the bird : colour glossy black, except on 

 the abdomen, als expressed in the specific cha- 

 racter: bill and legs black: one or two of the 

 secondary quill-feathers edged with pale rufous or 

 rose-colour : tail very strongly cuneated. Native, 

 according to report, of the South-Sea islands: de- 

 scribed and figured by Levaillant from a specimen 

 in a Dutch collection. 



V. VII. p. II. ^5 



