The Hiftory of ANIMALS* 
It is a native of mod parts of Europe, and has been defcribed by all the authors 
who have written on birds. Gefner calls it Pica glandaria live garrulus avis; Ray, 
Willughby, Aldrovand, and others Pica glandaria : it feeds on vegetable fruits. It has 
it’s name from it’s eating of acorns, but the whole race of our wild fruit-trees fupply 
it: it is particularly fond of the black-berries, and other of the fofter fruits. It is 
frequently kept in cages, and will learn to imitate the human voice. 
Corvus clnereus cauda alifque nigris. 
The grey Corvus , with the wings and tail hlacL 
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cartes. 
This fpecies is fomewhat fmaller than the jay : the head is fmall j the eyes are 
moderately large, and their iris is of a hazel colour: the beak is long, drong, and 
obtufely pointed, and the upper chap is fomewhat longer than the under : the tongue 
is fhort; it fcarce reaches indeed beyond the angle of the mouth, and it is bifid at the 
end, and the divifion is more deep than in any other bird ; from the extremity of the 
tongue to the very end of the beak, there runs a kind of ligament of a wrinkled fur- 
face, which fills up the channel in which the tongue would other wife lie, fo that it is 
evident that the tongue never can be extended farther than it’s common dimenfions: 
the lower part of the palate, and the fides of the fiffure, are hairy; and the nodrils 
which dand in the upper part of the membrane, that covers the bafe of the beak, 
are round ; they are placed at a diftance from one another, and are furrounded, and, 
in a manner, hid, by a quantity of fhort and reflex white bridles. 
The whole body, as well on the upper as the under part, is of a dulky reddifih- 
brown, very elegantly variegated all over with moderately large fpots of a fnow-white, 
and of a regular triangular figure: there are none of thefe fpots, nor indeed any varie¬ 
gations at all, on the head : the bread and belly have more of the red mixed with the 
brown than the back, and the fpots on the br id are larger than thofe on any other 
part: there is a fpace between the eyes and the infertion of the beak, which is white, 
and the feathers under the bafe of the tail are alfo of a fnow-white. 
The long feathers of the wings are black j the tail is moderately long, and is com- 
pofed of twelve feathers j the two outer ones are half white, but in the others the 
white has a fmaller and fmaller (hare, till at length it wholly difappears in the middle 
ones: the part of the feathers, which is not white, is of a fine deep, glofly black ; 
and, in fome birds of this fpecies, the tail has been obferved wholly of this fhining 
black. 
The legs are moderately long, and very robud ; they are of a very deep bluifh- 
black, and of a glofly furface: the toes are long and flender j the outer one is fixed to 
the middle one, by a membrane toward it’s bafe : the claws are long and black, and 
that of the hinder toe is longer than that of any other. 
This fpecies is a native of Germany, and many other parts of Europe, but it has 
not been feen in England : it feeds on fruits, and it’s voice is like that of our magpy. 
Mod of the authors who have treated of birds have written on it. Gefner calls it Ca- 
ryocactes, and Ray gives it no other name; Willughby calls it Caryocatdes Gefneri 
et Turned. 
Corvus cauda cuneiformi. 
The Corvus^ with a cuneiform tail. 
This is a very well-known bird, and when in full feather, and in it’s wild date, 
has a great deal of beauty ; we fee it to much difadvantage, when kept in cages, where 
it is always dirty, and ufually out of health j it’s weight is about eight ounces; the 
fize of it’s body is about that of the jack-daw, but it’s variegated wings and length 
of tail make it feem larger: the head is moderately large; the eyes are bright and 
piercing, their iris is of a pale hazel ; the pupil is black, and there is a yellow fpot vi- 
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