CORVIN-®. PICA. 
151 
Feathers of the head and neck oval and blended; fourth quill 
longest ; general colour black, with purplish-blue reflections ; the hind 
parts of the neck tinged with purplish-brown ; the lower parts less 
glossy. Young of a rather dull brownish-black, with the blue and 
purple reflections much less brilliant. 
Male,, 18, 88. 
Generally distributed from the Gulf of Mexico to Columbia River ; 
throughout the interior, and along the coast, northward to lat. 55°. 
Congregates in immense numbers in the Southern and Western States 
during winter. 
Crow, Corvus Corone, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 79. 
Cervus Corone, Bonap. Syn. p. 56. 
Cervus Corone, Crow, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 291. 
Crow, Corvus Corone, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 209. 
American Crow, Corvus Americanus, Aud. Om. Biog. v. ii. p. 317 ; v. v. p. 477. 
226. 3. Corvus ossifragus, Wils. Fish-Crow. 
Plate CXLVI. Male and Female. 
Feathers of the head and neck oval and blended ; third quill longest ; 
tail considerably rounded, a small space at the base of the lower man- 
dible on each side bare ; general colour black, with blue and purple 
reflections above, blue and greenish beneath. Young brownish-black, 
with the blue and purple reflections less brilliant. 
Male, 16, 83. Female, 15, 31. 
From the mouths of the Mississippi upwards to Natchez, and along 
the Atlantic to New York. Common. Resident in the Southern 
States. Columbia River. 
Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v. p. 27. 
Corvus ossifragus, Bonap. Syn. p. 57. 
Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 216. 
Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus, Aud. Om. Biog. v. ii. p. 268 ; v. v. p. 479. 
GENUS II. PICA, Briss. MAGPIE. 
a 
Bill of moderate length, stout, considerably compressed ; 
upper mandible with the dorsal line decimate and arched, 
the sides convex, the ridge narrow, the edges nearly straight 
and overlapping, the notches faint, the tip declinate, and 
rather sharp ; lower mandible with the angle rather long 
and wide, the dorsal line ascending and slightly convex, 
the edges inclinate, the tip narrow. Nostrils basal, lateral, 
roundish, covered by narrow stiff feathers directed for- 
wards. Head large, ovate ; neck rather short ; body com- 
