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like that on the body of the common parrot: the wings are long, and they have each 
twenty long feathers j the two firft of thefe are fhorteft, the third is longer confidera- 
bly, and the fourth is longed of all : thefe have fome brown about them, but the co¬ 
vering feathers of the wings are green, and that a colour not at all inferior to the 
mod elegant tint of the back. 
The tail is moderately long j it confifts of twelve feathers, and of thefe the two 
middle ones are the longed; they are all of a deep and fine green, only that toward 
their extremities; the middle ones, efpecially, are of a brownifh tinge, like that of 
the crown of the head. 
The legs are moderately long and brown ; the toes are long, flender, and fcaly; 
the outer of the three anterior ones of each foot is connected for about a third of it’s 
length to the middle one, but the claws of all of them are black, long, and obtufe 5 
but that of the hinder toe is longer than any of the others. 
It is a native of Italy, and frequents the fea-coads, but it is not very common. It 
is not certain that any of the ornithologids have defcribed it. Aldrovand mentions a 
fpecies of Pica, according to his didindions, which he calls Pica marina j and his 
defcription, fo far as it goes, feems in mod things to agree with this bird, but it is 
too imperfed to form any certain judgment on. When wild, it flies about very fwift- 
ly, making a loud and hoarle noife, but it may be kept tame ; and we are told, that 
fome which have been fo have very happily imitated the human voice. There is a 
duffed fkin of this in Sir Hans Sloane’s Mufaeum. 
Corvus nigro et flavo variegatus roftro albicante . 
The black and yellow Corvus , with a white beah 
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flpagpp. 
This is a larger bird than either our magpy or jay, but it approaches confiderably 
to the jay in figure: it’s head is fmall and rounded, but a little compreffed: the eyes 
are large, and very bright and piercing ; their iris is yellow, and the pupil black: the 
beak is moderately long, but not very robud ; it is pointed at the extremity, and the 
upper chap is a little longer than the under : the membrane which covers the bafe of 
it is of a greyifh-brown, and in that fland the nodrils; they are of a roundifh but 
fomewhat ovated figure, and are covered by a number of fhort and curled plumes. 
The head is altogether black ; the back alfo is black, and the bread and 4 belly, 
though fomewhat brownifh, approach to the fame colour : the rump is of a fine gold 
yellow 5 and the feathers on the wings, which anfwer to the variegated blue ones on 
the wings of our jay, are in this fpecies of the fame gold yellow : the wings are fhort, 
and have each twenty principal feathers, of which the fourth and fifth are longed : 
the tail is moderately long, and is of a deep black, only fome of the feathers toward 
the bafe have a little yellowifhnefs about them. 
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The legs are fhort and flender ; they are of a greyifh-brown : the toes are long and 
fcaly, and the claws of all of them are long and black, but that of the hinder toe is 
longer and fharper than the others. 
This fpecies is a native of Egypt, and fome other parts of the Ead. It has not 
been defcribed by any of the authors, except the Pica Perfica of Aldrovand be it; but 
his defcription is very imperfed:. 
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Corvus 
