Show I Magpie Handsome Bird Is Native of Mountains The body of ot the magpie is about the size of that of a crow blackbIrd blackbird blackbird black- black bird but the long tall tail adds el eight ht to ten Inches so that the total I I len length th is from 15 to 20 Inches Incites Its colors present a n strong contrast I The head hend neck breast back and thighs are deep black the top of ithe i the head grcen green glossed i wings and tall glossy with violet and other t metallic reflections shoulders of Ithe the wings s and under parts pure I white I I This striking and handsome bird says a n writer In the thc Montreal Her Her- ald Is seen everywhere from the Plains to the Pacific coast const from the bor borders ers of or Mexico to northern Alaska and It breeds wherever cr 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 mikes Its home In wooded valleys As the Plains became more settled nail cultivated it wandered farther nail farther from the hills lulli and sonn years ago ngo began to be lie seen In lu Than Man |