Magpie and Nest. 
MADGE HOWLET. — A name for the Barn Owl. 
MAGPIE (Pica caudata, Ray.) 
Corvus pica, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 157. 13. — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 373. — Uaii, Syn. p. 41. 
A. \.— WilL p. 87. t. 19 Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. p. 162. 32 Briss. 2. p. 35. 1 
• — Ib. 8vo. 1. p. 164. — Pica caudata, FLem. Br. Anim. p. 87. — *Wils. Amer. 
Orn. 4. p. 75. pi. 35. f. 2.— La Pie, Buff. Ois. 3. p. 85 Ib. pi. Enl. 488.— 
Pie, Temm. Man. d’Orn. 1. p. 113. — Garten- Grabe, Bechst. Naturg. Dent. 2. 
p. 1267 — Frisch, Vdg. t. 58. — Magpie, Br. Zool. 1. No. 78 Arct. Zool. 2. 
No. 66. — Lewin’s Br. Birds, t. 39. — Will. (Angl.) p. 127. t. 19. — Lath. Syn. 
l.p.392. 29 — Ib. Supp. p. 80 Mont. Orn. Diet. — Bewick, Br. Birds. — Pult. 
Cat. Dorset, p. 5. — Don. Br. Birds, 4. t. 95. — Shaw’s Zool. 7. p. 369.* 
Provincial. — Madge. Hagister. Pyet. Planet. 
This species is about eighteen inches in length ; weight between 
eight and nine ounces. Bill black ; irides hazel ; the breast, upper part 
of the belly, and scapulars, white ; the rest of the plumage black ; the 
wings and tail beautifully glossed with blue, green, and purple ; the ten 
