SHORT-TAILED CROW. 



Corvus brachyurus. C. mridis, subtus luieus, capite nigro- 

 trifasciato, humeris tectricibusque caudce cceruleis, crisso rubra. 



Green Crow, luteous beneath, with three black stripes on the 

 head, blue shoulders and tail- coverts, and red vent. 



Corvus brachyurus. C. viridis, subtus lineisque capitis fulves- 

 centibus, alis macula alba. Lin. Si/st, Nat. 



Short- tailed Pye. Edwards. pL 324. 



Merle de Bengale, des Philippines, des Moluques. P/. Enl, 



258. 89. 257. 

 Short-Tailed Crow. Lath. syn. 



A VERY beautiful bird, though not elegant in 

 point of shape, the body appearing thick, and the 

 tail disproportionately short: size that of a Black- 

 bird: bill reddish brown; legs reddish: the back 

 and greater wing-coverts are of a fine dark grass- 

 green: the greater quill-feathers black, with a 

 white bar across their lower part, forming a white 

 spot on the wing: the smaller wing-coverts and 

 those of the tail are of a bright pale blue, similar 

 to that on the back of a Kingfisher: the under 

 parts of the bird are pale orange-bufF or luteous, 

 the lower part of the abdomen and vent-feathers 

 bright red: along the head run three broad longi- 

 tudinal black stripes, one on the top, and one on 

 each side, continued along the neck: the side- 

 stripe is bounded above and beneath by a white 

 edge; so that the cheeks are thus striped by three 

 colours, viz. black, white, and yellowish-buff ; the 

 tail is very short and of a black colour with green 

 tips. This species is a native of Ceylon and the 

 Molucca isles, and is observed to run into several 



