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CORVUS PICA. 
MAGPIE. 
Variegated black and white; tail wedged, 
Corvus Pica, Lin. Gme. 
La Pie, Buffon. 
Magpie, Pen. Lath. Bew. Shaw. Mont 
PROVINCIAL. 
PIANET, HAGISTER, PYNOT. 
The Magpie in its wild state, is one of the 
most beautiful birds this country produces. 
Its colours are so vivid and changeable, 
that they defy every attempt to depict 
them. It measures about eighteen inches 
in length, and two feet in breadth. The 
female differs from the other sex in being 
rather less, and the tail being much 
shorter. 
The place of nidification is various; 
sometimes its nest is placed in a high tree, 
sometimes in a thick bush or hedge, and 
frequently at a small distance from the 
ground. From these circumstances it has 
