Cekthia. BIRDS. PASSERES. 80 



Length 5, breadth 74 inches ; weight 2 drams. Bill with the upper man- 

 dible dusky, the lower yellowish-white. The tongue with a hard point. Iri- 

 des hazel." Above the" eyes a white streak. Belly white. Quills 18, the 

 first 4 dusky, the rest having a broad reddish-white band in the middle, the 

 tips white. Tail of 12 feathers, stiff- and acuminated. Female smaller — Nest 

 in the holes of trees, of grass, lined with feathers. Eggs 7 or 9, white, 

 speckled with reddish-brown — Food consists of small insects, which it finds 

 in the crevices of the bark of trees, on the stems of which it runs in every 

 direction readily. 



Gen. LII. PYRRHOCQRAX. f Fregilus of Cuvier.) 

 Chough. -Bill slender, arched, subulated, and pointed. 

 Tail-feathers 12. 



118. P. Graculus. Cornish Chough. — Bill, legs, and toes 



orange ; claws black. 



Coracias, seu Pvrr. Will. Orn. 36. Sibb. Scot. 15.— Corvus gr. Linn. 

 Syst. i. 158. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 228. Temm. Orn. i. 122 — £, Cor- 

 nish Daw, Killegrew ; W, Bran big goch — Inhabits the western side 

 of the island. 

 Length 17, breadth 33| inches; weight 12i ounces. Irides yellowish- 

 brown." Plumage black, glossed with purple. Wings as long as the tail. 



Female less Nest on sea cliffs or old towers near the coast, of sticks, lined 



with wool. Eggs 5, white, spotted with brown. 



In this, and the Garrulus Pica, and Corvus, the quill-feathers are 20, and 

 the tail-feathers are 12 in number. 



Gen. LIII. — UPUPA. Hoopoe. — Head with a crest. Bill 

 slender, curved. Nostrils exposed. Tail of ] feathers. 



119. U. Epops. Common Hoopoe. — Head, neck and breast 

 of a purplish-red colour ; the wings black with fine white 

 bands. 



Upupa, Will. Orn. 100. Sibb. Scot. 16. Linn. Syst. L 184. Penn. Brit. 



Zool. 1. 257. Temm. Orn. L 415 — W, Y Goppog — A rare summer 



visitant. 

 Length 12J, breadth 19 inches ; weight 3 ounces. Bill black, reddish to- 

 wards the base; the tongue small, triangular and acute. Irides umber- 

 brown. Back pale brocoli-brown, tinged with grey, and with black and white 

 bands at the lower part. Tad black, with a V-shaped mark of white. Be- 

 neath white. Crest, 2 inches long, of two rows of produced feathers, above 

 20 in number, orange-brown, tipped with black, and of unequal length, which 

 it erects upon being alarmed. Female with a smaller crest — Nest in the 

 holes of decayed trees or wads, of grass lined with feathers. Eggs fine grey- 

 ish-white, spotted with brown This species has been found occasionally from 



Orknev (Wallace's Ork. 48.) to Devonshire (Mont. Orn. Diet.), and has even 

 attempted to breed. It is frequent in France and Germany, as a summer vi- 

 sitant. 



Gen. LIV. ALCEDO. KingVfisher.— Bill straight, an- 

 gular, pointed. Tarsus short. 



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