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CORVUS MONEDULA. THE JACKDAW. 



DAW. KAE. CATHAG. 



Corvus Monedula. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 156. 



Corvus Monedula. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 154. 



Jackdaw. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Choucas. Corvus Monedula. Temm. Man. d'Orn. L IIL 



Jackdaw. Corvus Monedula. Selb. Illustr. I. 356. 



Corvus Monedula. Jackdaw. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 147. 



Of the adult male and female^ the plumage greyish-hlack^ the 

 hind-neck light grey^ the head anteriorly glossed with blue^ the 

 primary quills^ alula ^ and tail with green^ the secondary quills 

 with purple ; the hill rather shorter than the head^ subcorneal. 



Male. — In form the Jackdaw is more compact, and in ac- 

 tion more lively, than any other British bird of the genus. It 

 is about the size of the domestic pigeon, with the body ovate, 

 the neck rather short, the head large, the feet, wings, and tail 

 of moderate length. The bill is rather shorter than the head, 

 strong, more conical than in the other species; the upper 

 mandible with the dorsal outline declinate and slightly arched, 



