CAYENNE RED-BILLED CROW. 381 



Dished with a pretty large recumbent crest not , 

 much unlike that of the Rose-coloured Ouzel: the 

 edges of the crest are of a ferruginous cast, and on 

 each side the head, immediately behind the eyes, 

 are situated, three very long, naked, bristle-shaped 

 shafts, the longest reaching beyond the end of the 

 tail, the two others considerably shortening in 

 propf)rtion, the first or shortest measuring about 

 seven inches. This bird is mentioned by Monsr. 

 Levaillant under the title of Sicrin, and was by 

 him described from a specimen in the hands of 

 dealer at Paris. Monsr. Sonnini however hints 

 his suspicion that this bird may in reality be no 

 other than a deceptive specimen of the Corvus 

 Pyrrhocorax or Alpine Crow, disguised by the ad- 

 dition of the tuft, and of the six naked shafts in- 

 serted into the head. 



CAYENNE RED-BILLED CROW. 



Corvus affinis. C. niger^ tectricihus aibo^nehulosis, subtus cinereus .^ 

 rostro curvato rubro, pedibus fuscis. 



Black Crow, with the wing-coverts clouded with white, be- 

 neath cinereous, with red curved bill, and dusky legs. 



Cayenne Red-Billed Crow. Lath, syn. 



Described by Mr. Latham, from a specimen 

 said to have been brought from Cayenne. Size 

 that of a Missel Thrush: length eleven inches: 

 colour similar to that of the Cornish Chough, but 

 the under parts ash-coloured, and the wing-coverts 

 mottled with white: bill similar both in shape and 



