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These birds are rather less in general than the 

 Crows, and the typical species construct their nests 

 in hedges : they are truly omnivorous. 



Sp. 1. Pi. Europsea. 



Corvus Pica. Shaw, v. vii. p. 369. — Britain and Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Pi. Senegalensis. 



Corvus Senegalensis. Shaw, v. \n. p. 371. — Africa. 

 Sp. 3. Pi. ventralis. 



Corvus ventralis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 377. — Inhabits ? 



Sp. 4. Pi. erythrorhynchos. 



Corvus erythrorhynchos. Shaw, v. vii. p. 361. — China. 



Sp. 5. Pi. Cayana. 



Corvus Cayanus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 360. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 6. Pi. Peruviana. 



Corvus Peruvianus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 363, pi. 45. — Peru. 

 Sp. 7. Pi. rufa. 



Corvus rufus. Sfiaw, v. vii. p. 368. — India. 

 Sp. 8. Pi. cyanea. 



Corvus cyaneus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 362. — India 



Sp. 9. Pica rufiventris. Vieil. Analys. S^c. p. 68. (E.) 



Vi} vertice nuchaque griseo-cceruleis ; giila, coUo antice, remigi^ 



busque primoribus nigris ; pectore, ventre, dorso, uropygioque 



riifis. 



Magpie with the crown and nape grey-blue ; the throat, neck in 

 front, and primary quills black ; the breast, belly, back, arid 

 rump rufous. 



Inhabits Eastern Asia. Beak and legs black : 

 the top of the head and the nape grey-blue : the 

 throat, fore part of the neck, and primary quills 

 black ; the breast, back, and rump red : the upper 

 tail-coverts ash-coloured : the tail cuneiform ; its two 

 middle feathers equal at the tip. Size of the Magpie. 



