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&fist; The common European magpie (Pica pica, or P.
caudata) is a black and white noisy and mischievous bird. It can
be taught to speak. The American magpie (P. Hudsonica) is very
similar. The yellow-belled magpie (P. Nuttalli) inhabits
California. The blue magpie (Cyanopolius Cooki) inhabits
Spain. Other allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and
Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white magpie
(Gymnorhina organicum), the black magpie (Strepera
fuliginosa), and the Australian magpie (Cracticus
picatus).

Magpie lark (Zoöl.), a common
Australian bird (Grallina picata), conspicuously marked with
black and white; -- called also little magpie. --
Magpie moth (Zoöl.), a black and
white European geometrid moth (Abraxas grossulariata); the
harlequin moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry
bushes.

||Ma`gua*ri" (?), n. [From native name:
cf. Pg. magoari.] (Zoöl.) A South American
stork (Euxenara maguari), having a forked tail.

Mag"uey (?), n.


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