94 CHOUGH. 



North Devon. It is also found in a few select places 

 on the Irish coast, and in some of the islands on the 

 West of Scotland. It was formerly resident in the 

 Isle of Wight, but now is only an accidental visitor. 

 Its plumage is a glossy black, with dark steel-blue 

 feathers on its upper parts. The beak and legs are 

 vermilion red. 



The Chough's favourite haunts are the high per- 



pendicular cliffs, which are perfectly inaccessible to 

 climbers, such as Beachy Head and the Newhaven 

 Cliffs in Sussex, which, however, like many others of 

 its old haunts, it now no longer frequents. In such 

 places as these it builds its nest, placing it in a crevice 

 or fissure, often some way back from the entrance, 

 where it is impossible to get at it. It is stated also 

 that it will sometimes make its nest in buildings. It 



