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Sp. 10. Pi ? Caledonica. 



Corvus Caledonicus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 350. — New Caledonia. 



Sp. 11. Pi? Sinensis. Cuvier. 



Corvus speciosus. Shaw, v, vii. p. 364. — China. 



Sp. 12. Pi ? leucolopha. 



Pi.'* cristata, cinereo-fusca ; capite, collo, pectoreque niveis; loris 



temporibusque atris. 

 Crested magpie ? of an ashy-brown ; with the head, neck, and 



breast snow-white ; the lores and temples black. 

 Corvus leucolophus. Linn. Trans. (Hardmck.) v. xi. p. 208. 



pi. 15. — White-crowned crow. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii. p. 48. 



Inhabits India. Length near twelve inches : beak 

 one inch and a quarter long from the gape, and black ; 

 on each side of the upper mandible four or five black 

 hairs : nostrils small, oval, not covered, but the short 

 feathers of the front turn forwards and approach very 

 near them : forehead black, passing to the eye, and 

 just surrounding it above, but beneath proceeding as 

 a streak behind it for more than half an inch : the 

 rest of the head, neck, and breast white ; feathers of 

 the crown longer than the rest, so as to form a crest, 

 and stand nearly upright : the rest of the body, wings, 

 and tail ferruginous brown, and between the white 

 on the neck and the brown, a band of rufous sur- 

 rounding the head : tail five inches long, even, the 

 feathers rounded at the end ; the quills reach very 

 little beyond the base : legs stout, pale ash-colour : 

 claws large, black, the hind one much larger than 

 the others. 



V. XIV. p. I. 



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