Pica pica -- Black-billed Magpie; Eurasian Magpie, pie bavarde. Alternate name on piece: Pica caudata [Magpie] Layout drawing, birds well finished; 8 notes on form of bird and nest; "Scotch firs"; "To be sent / for / Wednesday morning first thing"; sketch of nest in margin. Title in pencil by Sotheran, bookseller. Artist's name(s): Gould, John; Richter, Henry Constantine. Changes in head position sketched in by Gould