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SUB-FAMILY VI. 

 Pyrrhocoracin.e.'"* The Choughs. 



Gen. Charac— Bill more or less long, slender, and slightly curved, with the 

 culmen rounded and curved to the tip, which is rather acute and slightly 

 emarginated ;• the nostrils broad, lateral, and hidden by the projecting 

 feathers ; the wings lengthened and pointed ; the tail long and rounded, or 

 even ; the tarsi strong and rather short ; the toes moderate, with the lateral 

 ones nearly equal. 





Fig. 86. — the chough. 

 {Fregilus graculiig.) 



The Chouglis are not a numerous race; in this 

 country we have but a single species, and that con- 

 fined to particular mountainous districts. On the 

 continent, birds belonging to this sub -family are 

 met mth in the Swiss Alps and the Tyrol, frequent- 

 ing the loftier regions, where they breed. With us, 



* TTvppog, pyrros, red ; Kopa^, corax, a crow ; Having the feet and 

 beak of a bright red colour. 



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