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MAGPIE. 
scapulars, lower part of the breast and belly, white; thighs and 
vent black; tail long, the two exterior feathers scarcely half the 
length of the longest, the others increasing to the two middle 
ones, which taper towards their extremities. The colour of this 
part of the plumage is very splendid, being glossy green, dashed 
with blue and bright purple; this last colour bounds the green; 
nostrils covered with a thick tuft of recumbent hairs, as are also 
the sides of the mouth; bill, legs and feet, glossy black. The 
female differs only in the less brilliancy of her plumage. 
