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CORVID^. 



Crested Jay, with the crest, forehead, region of the eyes, ears, 

 neck in front and breast black ; an azure spot at the angle of 

 the beak ; the body above varied with blue and ashy-brown, 

 beneath white ; the tail-feathers black, with their tips white. 



Corvus cyanopogon. Pr. Max. Temm. PI. Col. 169. 



Inhabits South America. Length about twelve 

 inches : between the eyes is an elevated crest, which, 

 with the forehead, the region of the eyes, and the 

 ears, the fore part of the neck and the breast, are 

 plain black : above the eyes, in the angle of the beak 

 at the base of the lower mandible, is a beautiful tur- 

 quoise blue spot, most brilliant in the adult: the 

 occiput and part of the nape are whitish ; the hinder 

 part of the neck, the back, and the scapulars, are 

 varied with blue and ashy-hrown : the wings are 

 black slightly tinged with violet in the adult, and 

 with dusky in the young : the tail-feathers are black, 

 with a white patch at the tip : the belly, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts are white, or whitish : the beak 

 and legs are black. 



GENUS CLXXVIII.— CORVUS Auctorum. CROW. 



Rostrum rectum, aut arcu- 

 atum, basi glabrum, aut 

 pennis setaceis antrorsum 

 directis ornatum, crassum, 

 supr^ convexum, lateratim 

 compressum, integrum, aut 

 versus apicem subemargi- 

 natum, marginibus acutis. 



Cauda aequalis, aut rotun- 

 data. 



Bealc straight or arcuated, 

 glabrous at the base, or 

 furnished with setaceous 

 feathers directed forwards, 

 thick, convex above, la- 

 terally compressed, to- 

 wards the tip slightly 

 notched or intire, the edges 

 acute. 



Tail equal or rounded. 



