Show magpie handsome bird Is 13 native of mountains mountain 3 the body of the magpie Is about the eize size of that of a crow black bird but the long tall adds eight to ten inches so so that the total length Is from 15 to 20 inches its colors present a strong contrast the hed neck breast back and thighs are deep black the top or of the head bead green glossed wings and tall glossy with violet and other metallic reflections shoulders of 0 the wings and under parts pure white this striking and handsome bird says a writer in the montreal Blon treal her iler aid 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 leep keep in the shelter of timber for the most part its original and proper place Is in tie tt e mountains mo where it makes males its home in wooded valleys As if tir plains became more settle 1 nn an 1 cultivated it win derel I 1 firtl er in I 1 farther from the hills 1 F P TP years ago began to be seen in I 1 a isoba |