A Synopsis of the Birds of North America

by John James Audubon

Male, 18¹/₂, 22¹/₂.

Interior of Texas, West Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Rocky Mountains, and Saskatchewan. Common. Resident.

Corvus Pica, Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 157.

Magpie, Corvus Pica, Wils. Amer. Orn.

Corvus Pica, Bonap. Syn. p. 57.

Magpie, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 219.

Common Magpie, Corvus Pica, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 408.

228. 2. Pica Nuttallii, Aud. Yellow-billed Magpie.

Plate CCCLXII. Fig. 1. Male.

Bill and bare space beneath the eyes yellow; in form, proportion, and size, similar to the last; the feathers of the tail narrower; the colours similar, but the top of the head glossed with green, and the black of the back and fore neck tinged with brown.

Male, 18; wing, 7³/₄.

Upper California. Common. Resident.

Corvus Nuttali, Yellow-billed Magpie, Aud. Orn. Biog, v. iv. p. 450.

229. 3. Pica Bullockii, Wagler. Columbia Magpie.—Columbia Jay.