Show magpie handsome bird Is native of mountains the body of the magpie la is about the size of that of a crow blackbird but the long tall tail adds eight to ten inches so that the total length Is from rom 15 to 20 inches its colors present a 5 trong strong contrast the head neck breast back and thighs are deep black the top of the head green glossed wings and tall glossy with violet and other metallic reflections shoulders of the wings and under parts pure white this striking and handsome bird q says a writer in the montreal herald is seen everywhere from the plains to the pacific coast from the borders of mexico to northern alaska and it breeds wherever it lives not being migratory though wandering about in winter in small troops which keep in the shelter of timber for the most part its original and proper place is in the mountains where it makes its home in wooded valleys As the plains became more settled and cultivated it wandered farther and farther from the hills and some years ago began to be seen in manitoba where now it Is it a permanent reside resident ut |