THE 
LONG-TAILED CROW, 
Generic Character. 
Bill convex, cultrated. 
Nostrils covered by setaceous recumbent fea¬ 
thers. 
Tongue cartilaginous, bifid. 
Feet formed for walking. 
Specific Character. 
Greenish-black CROW, with downy, black 
frontlet, and long, cuneated tail. 
This elegant bird, hitherto perhaps undescrihed, 
is supposed to be a native of Africa, and is repre¬ 
sented on the plate of half the natural size. In the 
erect downy or velvet-like feathers surrounding the 
base of the beak it is in some degree allied to the 
genus Paradisea, but in other respects is closely ap¬ 
proximated to that of Corvus, under which genus it 
may be allowed to stand as a kind of anomalous 
species. Nothing particular is known of its history 
or manners. 
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