. A general history of birds . rners of the mouth ; thefeathers on the head, throat, and neck shining black green; those onthe upper part of the neck narrow, and longer than the rest, fallingover the back, and waving with every motion thereof; the rest of theplumage greenish black, appearing in some lights blue ; legs black; Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope.—M. Thunberg saw these sittingon the backs of cows at Honingklipp, and picking the ticks fromthem; they are also accustomed to take the wheat out of the field,immediately after it is sown. 50—SIX-SHAFTED CROW. Corvus crinitus, Daud. ii. 253.
. A general history of birds . rners of the mouth ; thefeathers on the head, throat, and neck shining black green; those onthe upper part of the neck narrow, and longer than the rest, fallingover the back, and waving with every motion thereof; the rest of theplumage greenish black, appearing in some lights blue ; legs black; Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope.—M. Thunberg saw these sittingon the backs of cows at Honingklipp, and picking the ticks fromthem; they are also accustomed to take the wheat out of the field,immediately after it is sown. 50—SIX-SHAFTED CROW. Corvus crinitus, Daud. ii. 253. ——— sexsetaceus, Shares Zool. vii. p. 380. Le Sicrin, Leoail. Afr. ii. 127. pi. 82. THIS, in make, shape, and size, resembles the Alpine Crow. Billyellow, inclining to orange about the nostrils, which are not quitecovered with hairs ; feathers of the head soft, and elongated into asort of crest; the plumage in general glossy blacky varying in somelights to green on the wings and tail; over the eyes ferruginous, CROW. 51 bounding the under part of the crest; from behind the eye on eachside, spring three long, naked shafts, ending in points, the shortestseven inches in length, the second ten inches, and the third so long-as to reach seven inches beyond the tail; these are Mack, but theends are more or less rufous; legs dusky black. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope.—M. Levaillant met with twospecimens, but could never find the Hottentot Crow, from all hisenquiries. 51.—CRISHNA CROW.—Pl. xl. LENGTH twelve inches and a half. Bill more than one inchlong, cultrated, highly bent, and notched near the end; tongueedged with bristles ; several black ones project over the nostrils andgape; feathers of the front erect, and from them proceed eight ornine long black bristles, which hang down on the shoulders ; iridesdark brown ; the head and neck feathers narrow, and acuminated ;general colour of the plumage black, glossed in parts with green andblue ; second and third qu
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