SHORT-TAILED PYE. 
These birds are also, by Gmelin, considered 
as varieties, under the appellation Corvus 
Brachviirus, var. I, 2, Sec. This Short- 
Tailed Pve of Edwards being, likewise, the 
second variety of Gmelin. It is the Cotur- 
nix Capensis, of Klein ; and the Madras Jay, 
of Ray. 
Notwithstanding we have adopted the more 
popular name given bv Edwards to this bird, 
we cannot but confess that it's resemblance to 
the Jav struck us verv forcibly on a first view 
of the object. ^V"e have, however, no infor- 
mation of it's habits, by whicli we might be 
induced either to support or to abandon our 
opinion. 
The bird Is well described by Edwards, from 
whom we shall transcribe all that he has said 
on the subjcvfl. 
** The bill is stralglit, sharp-pointed, aiid cf 
a brownish flesh-colour. From the upper 
mandible of the bill, along llie crown of the 
head, and down the hinder part of the neck, 
passes a black line: above the eves, from the 
bill 
