BIRDS. PICjE. 13. Corvus* ^25 
^I’^’icanus. Above brown, beneath dirty-afh ; fubcrefted head and neck 
purple j tail wedged, tipt with white. African C. 
Inhabits Africa ; 22 inches long. 
Bill and kgs red ; feathers of the hind-head tipt with grey j 
qmll-f talker 5 blueillr at the outer margin. 
Entirely bluelfli-black. Mexican C. 
Inhabits New Spain: fxze of the jackdaw; lives near towriS 
and is perpetually chattering. 
Bill, kgs and claws black. 
Green ; hind-head and tips of the primary quill-feathers 
blue ; fpot on the neck and behind the ears pale green ; 
tail dufky. Surinam Ci 
Inhabits Surinam i lize of the carrion croW. 
Colour of the body deep, changeable. 
Bill and primary quill-feathers duiky ; tegs flelh-colour. 
Blackilh ; head and neck tawnyifh 5 tail long. 
Inhabits New Spain ; in fize, manners, garrulity and docility 
' refembles the magpie. 
BUI, kgs and claws black. 
; Greeny heiieath and lines on the head tawnyllh ; wings 
with a white fpot. Short-tailed U 
2- Green; head and neck black; rump and wmg-coverts 
bluellh-green ; tail black, under-coverts ro y. 
3 . Above green, beneath yellowifh ; head and neck b.acfc 
{freaked with white and orange ; quill and tail-fca- 
4 . Abov?‘'gre''enf beneath yellowifh; head blackifh-brown; 
nape yellowilh ; a black lunule on the neck.^ 
5- Head and neck black; eyelids greemlh edged with blue; 
chin white ; throat and back green ; belly tawny , 
6. Head''^^d\’eck black; crown and l^giwdinal barid 
tawmy; chin white; breaft tawnyllh; belly, thig 
and vent red. and 
7‘ Green; crown brown; neck and collar white, , 
•mict between the eyes black ; belly white, vs 
fpot in the middle and vent fcarlet. 
Inhabits iflands of the Indian Ocean : 6-»-7 me es g. 
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