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'/ iCO-R^US Sj3&:AC}J-^SipS^
Cffrvus- niger, refnigum reftricutnque baß qjjßceque cauice albtr.
Black 'C ^ ^W i# i‘die haie& of the wing andttail feathers, -and'the tip of
the'täil, wjik'e.
T his'bird is.about'the fize o f a h la § p ,y ^ ja n d in fhape is
Hot much unlike one, jexc&pt th a t itJap Ü npt^cüheated,,
b u t has all' th e/eath ers o f e<]H A n g t h . The bird isW ir e ly
^laek, exempt f j f t ’yen t , _ . b a f e p f the P t^ail feathers, the
Jbajfe ,q£ Jtfte | g | | fefthcfs, and, % e t e r n i t y o f the tail,
twhi£h p p ,w,hke,. The /m a l l e t 9f ^ M e of | p
wing /e^t^qra^iy,es $he a^pe^rance o f a tyhite ,|pot , ^ e-n —C
wiftgs ^re (elp^d.; JM kea> ( | .TO .4 ron^> fthe •uPPer
mändible {lightly er^arginated $ear the *£ip, ^nd the lower
mandible is of a pale^Tou^ towards the tip. The capif-
trum reverfum, or fet of briftkj-which are fxtuated forward
on the bafe of the upper mapSiMean moft.of the birds of this
genus, is not very "cöWfpicüöUs in this fpecies; but the
whole habliland.general appearance of the bird fufficiently
juftify ^ts being5 regarded-as a fpecies of Corvus.
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