Cache American | 1936-02-14 | Page 7 | Magpie, Hansome Bird, is Native of Mountains

if- - . I Magpie, Handsome Bird, I Is Native of Mountains The body of the magpie is about g u ! 'he size of that of a crow black- ii;f!iA . but the long taiI adds eight inches, so that the total lglu is from 15 to 20 inches. Its lt gist wlors present a strong contrast, or W' .. . heal, neck, breast, back and Shs are deep black, the top of . , bea'1 green-glossed ; wings and dijs! , flossy- w'tl violet and other rr?i4 reflectlons; shoulders of ae-yj1"8" and uider parts pure 5lls striking and handsome bird, ' .1 r says a writer in the Montreal Herald, Her-ald, 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 Mitr-itoba.