230 JACK-DAW. Class. II. 



and purple : the legs and bill are of a bright orange, 

 inclinino; to red : the tonsiue almoft as long as the 



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bill, and a little cloven : the claws large, hooked, 

 and black. Scopoli fays that in Carniola the feet of 

 fome, during autumn, turn black. 



8i. Jac k- 



DAW. 



Chouca, Chouchette, ou Chou- 



ette. Belon osj. 286. 

 Gracculus, feu monedula. Gef- 



ner a-v. 521. 

 JUr. a'v. I. 387. 

 Wil. orn. 125. 

 Rait Jyn. a<v, 40. 

 Le Choucas. Briton anj. 24. 

 Scopoli y No. 38. 

 Mulacchia nera. Zinan, 70. 



Corvus monedula. Lin.fyfi, 



Kaja. Faun, Suec. fp. %g. 

 Danijh Alike. Nornj. Kaae, 



Kaye, Raun Kaate, Ra- 

 ' age. Br. 31. 

 Tagerl, Dohle, Tfchockerl. 



Kram. 334. 

 Graue-Dohle. Frifch,l.6-j. 

 Br. Zool. 78. 

 Hiji. d' Oys. in. G(^. 



Descrip. ^T^ he jack-daw weighs nine ounces: the length 

 JL thirteen inches : the breadth twenty-eight. 

 The head is large in proportion to its body •, 

 which Mr. Willughhy fays argues him to be ingeni- 

 ous and crafty. The irides are white : the forehead 

 is black : the hind part of the head a fine light 

 grey : the breafh and belly of dufky hue, inclining 

 to afh-color: the reft of the plumage is black, 

 (lightly glofled with blue : the feet and bill black : 

 the claws very ftrong, and hooked. It is a docil 

 loquacious bird. 



Jack -daws breed in fteeples, old caftles, and in 



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