THE 
SHORT-TAILED CROW. 
Generic Character. 
Bill convex, cultrated. 
Nostrils covered with recumbent bristly feathers. 
Tongue cartilaginous, bifid. 
Feet formed for walking. 
Specific Character , &c. 
Green crow, with fulvous abdomen, fulvous 
stripe on each side the head, blue shoulders, 
and white spot on the wings. 
Breve de Bengale. 
Biiffi. ois. 3 . p. 4 14. 
Merle de Bengale. 
Pl. Enl. 258. 
Short-tailed Pye. 
Edw. pl. 324. 
The Short-Tailed Crow is an inhabitant of India 
and the Indian islands, and is generally about the 
size of a blackbird: in colours it often varies con¬ 
siderable. 
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